At LHR, and Hamburg Finkenwielder what is stated above occurs. What are the requirements for this to happen? What happens if an accident occur(plane or car)? What happens if the road needs to be repaired? Also does anyone have any interesting stories about the places, and other instances of the situtation?
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Airports With A/C Crossing Roads.
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Well Gibraltar airport where the main road leading from the border with Spain into the city centre, cuts cross the runway.
Thousands of people, be they residents, tourists or travellers, as well as hundreds of cars cross the road.
Control is maintained at each end,by way of barriers which are lowered whenever aircraft land or take off.
It is unique and for someone who has an interest in aviation, is indeed a spectacle watching cars and people resuming their journey across the runway just after an aircraft has landed.
As far as I recall there has only been one fatal accident involving a military aircraft and a cyclist.
Several close calls, however.
I believe the runway was resurfaced some years ago but I cannot recall the methodology used to keep the runway operational.
Mind you in those days very few aircraft landed or took off from Gibraltar airport which is a military airfield and its official name is RAF North Front Gibraltar.
Photographs are available on the Ailiner Net Photo database.
Thousands of people, be they residents, tourists or travellers, as well as hundreds of cars cross the road.
Control is maintained at each end,by way of barriers which are lowered whenever aircraft land or take off.
It is unique and for someone who has an interest in aviation, is indeed a spectacle watching cars and people resuming their journey across the runway just after an aircraft has landed.
As far as I recall there has only been one fatal accident involving a military aircraft and a cyclist.
Several close calls, however.
I believe the runway was resurfaced some years ago but I cannot recall the methodology used to keep the runway operational.
Mind you in those days very few aircraft landed or took off from Gibraltar airport which is a military airfield and its official name is RAF North Front Gibraltar.
Photographs are available on the Ailiner Net Photo database.
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The LHR crossing closed last year, so no longer relevant!
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Here at DFW, we have 8 taxiway bridges that cross roadways. Aircraft use these bridges everyday. I cannot tell you their strenght, but it is substantial, plus a 15% overload. In the US taxiway bridges must be equipped with blast deflectors to keep jet blast away from the traffic below. The bridges at DFW are all 100' (33m) wide, for the taxiway portion, and the blast deflectors are up to another 100' wide on each side. Vehicle accidents under the bridges are not normally a problem, unless there is a big fire from the accident. The support legs are protected by roadguards, but if they fail the support can take a direct hit from a fully loaded 18 wheeler (80,000lbs) and not suffer enough damage to weaken the bridge. The only airplane type accident I can see is the bridge failing as an aircraft crosses, that would be very bad.
Altogether, there are over 100 bridges on DFW, mostly roadway bridges, plus the skybridges, not counting the new train. So our biggest threat would be a large earthquake (6.0 magnatude or better). That would stop DFW cold, for months.
Altogether, there are over 100 bridges on DFW, mostly roadway bridges, plus the skybridges, not counting the new train. So our biggest threat would be a large earthquake (6.0 magnatude or better). That would stop DFW cold, for months.
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DFW taxiways cross the road that goes through the center of the airport.
ATL's new runway crosses I-285 which is 5 or so lanes on each side... the runway crosses the interstate near the mid-point of the runway. the tunnels under the runway are massive and you really don't know you are crossing a freeway when you are on the runway because there is so much room on either side of the runway.
ATL's new runway crosses I-285 which is 5 or so lanes on each side... the runway crosses the interstate near the mid-point of the runway. the tunnels under the runway are massive and you really don't know you are crossing a freeway when you are on the runway because there is so much room on either side of the runway.
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IAH has 6 overpasses that I can think of.
A little strip I used to fly into called "Herron Airport" outside of pittsburgh has a dirt county road that cuts through the runway. (I believe the airport is about a 2200ft runway, runway is gravel/dirt/grass/asphalt etc. lol)
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A little strip I used to fly into called "Herron Airport" outside of pittsburgh has a dirt county road that cuts through the runway. (I believe the airport is about a 2200ft runway, runway is gravel/dirt/grass/asphalt etc. lol)
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At SAN the coast guard a/c crosses the main street in downtown. I remembered watching it from the little viewing area it was cool. The cars would stop until it passed its similar to the railroad crossing.
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| Quoting WorldTraveler (Reply 4): DFW taxiways cross the road that goes through the center of the airport. |
That is right, 4 bridges (A, B, Y, & Z Twys) cross over International Parkway. Two bridges (A & B Twy) cross over West Airfield Drive on the west side, and two (EL & ER Twys) cross East Airfield Drive on the east side.
| Quoting WorldTraveler (Reply 4): ATL's new runway crosses I-285 which is 5 or so lanes on each side... the runway crosses the interstate near the mid-point of the runway. the tunnels under the runway are massive and you really don't know you are crossing a freeway when you are on the runway because there is so much room on either side of the runway. |
That is because the runway safety area (to each side of the runway) is 250' on each side, measured from the runway centerline. Then with the slopes required, and other engineering needs, you are probibly looking at a tunnel 800'-1000' long. If it crosses 10 lanes of interstate (Interstate lanes are required to be 12' wide, so the distance is at least 120', but probibly closer to 135'. Is there any center support lags or wall? If not, there would need to be 135'-150' of dirt on top of the tunnel. I take it the roadway decends as it enters the tunnel?
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I am almost 100% sure I crossed a road at JFK as well.
P.S. just to add or that an airplane crossed over us as we were driving.
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P.S. just to add or that an airplane crossed over us as we were driving.
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The taxiway leading to Runways 32R and 27R at ORD cross the main access road into ORD, I-190.
There used to be a sign near the bridge saying that 747s couldn't stop on the bridge. The belief was tha the jet blast from the #1 and #4 engines could blow over cars below.
Now, the sign admonishes all aircraft not to stop on the bridges (A second one was built, so that aircraft could taxi in both directions simultaneously.). My guess is that the sign and new operation restriction was a result of September 11th.
There used to be a sign near the bridge saying that 747s couldn't stop on the bridge. The belief was tha the jet blast from the #1 and #4 engines could blow over cars below.
Now, the sign admonishes all aircraft not to stop on the bridges (A second one was built, so that aircraft could taxi in both directions simultaneously.). My guess is that the sign and new operation restriction was a result of September 11th.
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PHX and LAX both have taxiways or runways crossing roadways.
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A taxiway at Tampa International goes over the road that leads to the airport. It is not really crossing...it is more like "over-passing," so I do not know if that counts 
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wynyard airport (ywyy) in Australia has a railway crossing on RWY 23, aircraft give way to the trains, i think the railway line has been inactive since 2003 though.
Stuart highway in South Australia doesnt cross a runway, it is one.
Stuart highway in South Australia doesnt cross a runway, it is one.
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At Malta, there's a crossing road between the airport and the Medavia facilities.
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| Quoting Captaink (Reply 8): am almost 100% sure I crossed a road at JFK as well. P.S. just to add or that an airplane crossed over us as we were driving |
Yes you are right there a 4 taxiway bridges Crossing JFKExpy and VanWyckExpy.
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O'hare has a couple crossing the highway.
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| Quoting Rsg85 (Reply 12): wynyard airport (ywyy) in Australia has a railway crossing on RWY 23, aircraft give way to the trains |
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At CPH, rwy 22R/04L + taxiway to 04L crosses a 4-lane road between Copenhagen and the suburb Dragoer (where Sterling and MyTravel Airways have their HQ's) about 2/3 down 22 R. Even if it's only one rwy and one taxiway, the tunnel still seems very long!
It was build back in the sixties, when CPH expanded and a very long rwy (3.600 mtrs) was needed. This required the runway crossing. It's not too pretty I have to say, and most planes are way up in the air when they come their anyway, taking off from 22R. However, widebodies get airborne around the crossing, beatiful place for spotting, because you can get pretty close to the rwy because the road is there.
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The road to the midfield facilities at YYZ has 3 taxiways crossing over it.
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Another airport where a railway crosses the airport runway is at Gisborne (GIS/NZGS) in New Zealand's North Island. Trains are infrequent. Here are the relevant pages from the Aeronautical Information Publication New Zealand.
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| Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 7): That is because the runway safety area (to each side of the runway) is 250' on each side, measured from the runway centerline. Then with the slopes required, and other engineering needs, you are probibly looking at a tunnel 800'-1000' long. If it crosses 10 lanes of interstate (Interstate lanes are required to be 12' wide, so the distance is at least 120', but probibly closer to 135'. Is there any center support lags or wall? If not, there would need to be 135'-150' of dirt on top of the tunnel. I take it the roadway decends as it enters the tunnel? |
there is a center "wall" that divides the different directions of traffic.
The interstate is level.
I can't remember exactly who many lanes there are, but I think it's five with room for 2 or 3 more.
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in Kodiak, AK, the taxiway from the Coast Guard Air Station to the runways at Kodiak State Airport crosses a Base road at ground level. The kids that live in base housing love to ride bikes out to the road and get incredibly close to the taxiing C-130's that are stationed there.
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YLW has it also. Inorder for planes (biggest 757s) to get to KFC they have to cross the airport road which runs parallel to Taxiway D and the runway.
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While now gone, the old 35R/17L [12K ft long] @ DEN Stapelton crossed over I-70. They've since torndown the overbridge; but when you drive past that point, you can see where the runway used to be.
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JFK has one between T1 and T9
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at IAH there is a taxi way bridge you go under.
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what about a taxiway ,that's actually a normal street EBKT is an example: (the street is on the left of the field, behind a fence)
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| Quoting Kraw (Reply 19): there is a center "wall" that divides the different directions of traffic. The interstate is level. |
I'll bet the center wall is designed as a load bearing wall.
| Quoting HeliflyerPDC (Reply 25): what about a taxiway ,that's actually a normal street EBKT is an example |
Now that is different, and fun, too.
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At LIT, there is a taxiway that goes from the terminal building to one of the runways that crosses a road, the road goes down into a tunnel below the taxiway.
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| Quoting Ckfred (Reply 9): Now, the sign admonishes all aircraft not to stop on the bridges (A second one was built, so that aircraft could taxi in both directions simultaneously.). My guess is that the sign and new operation restriction was a result of September 11th. |
I believe it's actually because in the event of an emergency, and the slides are deployed while on the bridge, then people would go straight off the edge of the bridge into the road. That would explain why 747's wouldn't be able to stop, however I'm not sure why it would be changed to all aircraft, because clearly a CRJ wouldn't have that problem. Maybe somebody else will know more.
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SEA: South 188th Street passes under the extension of 16L/34R.
MEM: Winchester Road has 3 pass unders. The center under pass has 18C/36C and two taxi ways above, while the other two under passes have taxi ways above.
LAX: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Sepulveda Boulevard under passes.
MEM: Winchester Road has 3 pass unders. The center under pass has 18C/36C and two taxi ways above, while the other two under passes have taxi ways above.
LAX: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Sepulveda Boulevard under passes.
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At MCO theres a taxiway that crosses the road leading to the terminals.
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Boeing Field has a Taxiway crossing the road, going into one of their hangars. Paine Field Also has a Bridge.
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RE: Airports With A/C Crossing Roads.
If we're just talking overpasses, doesn't CDG have quite a few?
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Beijing has one, if this is what we are talking about
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The new runway at STL passes over Lindbergh Blvd/Highwa 67, which were rebuilt to accomodate the runway.
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| Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 7):
I take it the roadway decends as it enters the tunnel? |
The interstate existed before the runway and I don't believe was rebuilt. They did haul in a huge amount of dirt to raise the level of the runway not only to provide plenty of height over the interstate but also so that the new runway would be at a similar height as the existing airfield.
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| Quoting WorldTraveler (Reply 36): The interstate existed before the runway and I don't believe was rebuilt. They did haul in a huge amount of dirt to raise the level of the runway not only to provide plenty of height over the interstate but also so that the new runway would be at a similar height as the existing airfield. |
That would make sense. But that is a lot of dirt to haul in.
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| Quoting Bongodog1964 (Reply 37):
Quoting Carduelis (Reply 2): The LHR crossing closed last year, so no longer relevant! Where was this ? I can't recall a public road crossing a runway at LHR, unless you are referring to the central access tunnel which is very much still open. |
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The Eastchurch Road crossing was closed to road traffic last year; it didn't cross a runway, rather the taxiway to the maintenance area on the eastern edge of the airport.
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It was in the maintenance area sort of in between 27L and 27R but closer to 27L I think
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Lets not forget the one at Everett either!!
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| Quoting Columbia107 (Reply 1): Mind you in those days very few aircraft landed or took off from Gibraltar airport which is a military airfield and its official name is RAF North Front Gibraltar. |
LXGB/GIB is also open to civilian traffic, and general aviation.
They have an apron able to accomodate 4 light aircraft.
The runway is uncomfortable (grooved), the landing fees are pretty high, but it is a unique airfield to fly into... they don't have 100LL either, but otherwise the airport is pretty friendly.
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I believe the Nauru Airport has a road crossing prior to the aircraft reaching the gate.
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LAS has a connector under the 25/7 runways connecting the surface streets on the north side of the airport (Swenson/Paradise) to the I-215 beltway. It was designed to help out airport traffic, but now its something like 70% of the traffic going through it isnt related to the airport at all.
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