A skyway, skybridge, or skywalk is an elevated type of

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connecting two or more buildings in an

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, or connecting elevated points within mountainous recreational zones. Urban skyways very often take the form of

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or covered

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s that protect pedestrians from the weather. Open-top modern skyways in mountains now often have glass bottoms. Sometimes enclosed urban skywalks are made almost totally from glass, including ceilings, walls and floors. Also, some urban skyways function strictly as linear parks designed for walking. In North America skyways are usually owned by businesses, and are therefore not

public space A public space is a place that is generally open and accessible to people. Roads (including the pavement), public square A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or piazza) is an open public space commonl ...

s (compare with

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). However, in Asia, such as Bangkok's and Hong Kong's skywalks, they are built and owned separately by the city government, connecting between privately run rail stations or other transport with their own footbridges, and run many kilometers. Skyways usually connect on the first few floors above the ground-level floor, though they are sometimes much higher, as in

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. The space in the buildings connected by skyways is often devoted to retail business, so areas around the skyway may operate as a

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. Non-commercial areas with closely associated buildings, such as

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campuses, can often have skyways and/or

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tunnel

s connecting buildings. The world's largest discontinuous skyway network – Calgary, Alberta, Canada's " +15 Walkway" system – has a total length of . The

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is the world's largest continuous system and spans connecting 80 blocks in downtown

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. On a smaller scale,

terminals

of large

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airport

s are often connected by skywalk systems, as at

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, United Kingdom; in many airports, retractable

jet bridge A jet bridge (also termed jetway, jetwalk, airgate, gangway, aerobridge/airbridge, skybridge, finger, airtube, expedited suspended passenger entry system (E-SPES), or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge (PBB)) is an enclosed, m ...

s provide a direct connection between airplanes and terminals. Some cities have the equivalent of a skyway underground, and there are also mixed subway/skyway systems; see

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Early examples

Antonio Contin - Ponte dei sospiri (Venice)

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, Italy,

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, connects

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and then to

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, 16th century *

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Venice

, Italy,

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, connects

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and prison, 16th century *

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, Denmark: skywalk connecting courts building to adjacent uses, 18th century *

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, Denmark: skywalk in centrum, 18th century

Environmental factors

Besides pedestrian safety and convenience, the chief reasons assigned by urban planners for skywalk development are decrease of

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, reduction in vehicular air pollution and separation of people from vehicular noise. A number of cities (for example, Spokane, Washington) have given intricate analysis to skywalk systems employing

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s to optimize skywalk layout.

Negative impacts

There is debate about the negative impact on urban areas of skyways. Robertson (1988) noted the negative impacts to street activities, and reductions to the property value at ground level. Woo (2012) found that skywalk systems could be negatively associated with promoting consumerism. Cui (2015) called for more research into the impact of skyways in developing countries.

Cities with notable systems

North America

There are significant skyway networks in many cities in the

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, such as

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, Rochester,

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, and

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. Most networks in North America are privately owned. Notable exceptions are skyways in

and in

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(

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), which are publicly owned.

Asia

The highest

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ed skybridge between separate buildings in the world now placed in local Raffles City skyscrapers complex in

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, China. World longest 430-meters pedestrian hanging skywalk

Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge Zhangjiajie Glass footpath is a skywalk bridge in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, above the Wulingyuan area. The bridge, built as an attraction for tourists, is glass-bottomed and is transparent. When it opened it was the longest and tallest glass bottomed br ...

between mountain peaks also situated in China. The highest cantilevered skybridge as construction element of building exist atop of Kingdom Centre in

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Riyadh

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. One of the most famous similar cantilevered skybridges, that looks like uppered ship from the bird's-eye and submarine from the ground, known in Singapore's

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resort complex of skyscrapers. Also wide known the world's highest 2-story skybridge, 170 m above the ground and 58 m long, between the two towers on 41st and 42nd floors in

Petronas Twin Towers The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers ( Malay: ''Menara Petronas'', or ''Menara Berkembar Petronas),'' are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)'s ...

dual skyscrapers in

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, Malaysia. Malaysia also has the mountainarian tourist pedestrian glass-bottom

Langkawi Sky Bridge

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. One of the most impressionable hanging pedestrian skybridges, supported by two giant hands,

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now attracts tourists in Ba Na Hills near

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, Vietnam. In

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Bangkok

, Thailand there are more than 5.4 km of covered wide dedicated elevated skywalks with lighting. These were developed due to lack of proper sidewalks as well as street hawkers and local merchants taking advantage of any sidewalk space as makeshift

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. Common reasons skywalks were built include to avoid street pollution, dust, wetness from food vendors and/or rain, potholes, long queues, crowds, and uneven pavement, supporting

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but probably most importantly,

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tourism

receipts. Most skywalks connect to a

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station and utilize space underneath the rail line and BTS pillar supports. These skywalks have connector ramps which connect stations to malls seamlessly and are paid for by the malls themselves, otherwise the city and BTS fund walkway development.
50km long extension project
was shelved in 2011 due to funding issues, nevertheless the system is growing organically. In

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, there are numerous foot bridge networks across the city. Particularly large networks exists around elevated or at grade

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MTR

stations and connections between malls and housing estates in

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centers. The largest network spans

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Central

and parts of

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districts in the CBD and consists of the

Central Elevated

and Central–Mid-Levels Walkway systems which link up over 40 major office buildings. The Central–Mid-Levels walkway system is the longest outdoor covered

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system in the world according to

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.^{0/sup> Other large systems exist in Tsuen Wan

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and Mong Kok

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.

The Mumbai Skywalk Project, India

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is a discontinuous network of over 50 km of skywalks in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

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, India. The skyways connect Mumbai Suburban Railway

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stations to important junctions, each 1 to 2 km in length. The first of these is a 1.3 km (0.8 mi) long skywalk connecting the suburban regions of Bandra

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and Kurla

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.
Bellman, Eric. (2010-01-19
Packed Streets Have a City of Walkers Looking Skyward for Answers
Online.wsj.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.

Additionally, short skyways are used to connect buildings in other Asian locations.

Europe

Brussels

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, Belgium has a skyway between the two Belgacom Towers.

London

London is the capital

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* Capital letter

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has skywalks on the Barbican Estate

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and London Wall

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. The City of London Pedway Scheme

The City of London Pedway Scheme is a largely Skyway, elevated pedway network that evolved out of a plan to transform traffic flows in the City of London by separating pedestrians from street level traffic using elevated walkways. First devised a ...
was devised as part of the post World War II reconstruction plans for London, it was put into effect mainly from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s and eventually abandoned by the 1980s. Shad Thames

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Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London

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has picturesque skyways between former warehouses, used in part to roll barrels between them.

The twin towers of the Highlight Towers in Munich, Germany are joined by two skyways made of glass and steel.

The Promenade Plantée in the 12th arrondissement of Paris

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, France includes pedestrian bridges and a linear park on an aqueduct of a former railway.

Australia

* Melbourne

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* Capital letter

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, Australia, four blocks and Airport

Gallery

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in Oxford

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In the United Kingdom

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The Vasari Corridor ( it, Corridoio Vasariano) is an elevated enclosed passageway in Florence

Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central-Northern Italy

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in Florence

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, London

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* Capital letter

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- Háje, Czechia
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in Bochum
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, Switzerland
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, Germany
File:SkyBridgeMunich.jpg, Skyway in Munich

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, Bavaria

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skyway at the University of Leeds

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, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine

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, England
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is designed to allow aircraft to pass under
File:Calgary Plus 15.jpg, A three-storey bridge at The Core Shopping Centre in Calgary

Calgary

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File:Seattle skyway 6th and pine.jpg, Skyway at 6th Avenue at Pine St in Seattle

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File:La Promenade Plantée, April 2015 008.jpg, Promenade Plantée in Paris

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File:Hospital sky bridge banner.jpg, Typical urban connection over heavy traffic as seen here connecting three levels at a Hospital

A hospital is a health care

Healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health

Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being

Well-being, also known as ''wellness'', ''prudential value'' or ''quality of life'', refe ...
in New York City

New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State

New York is a state

State may refer to:
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* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of ...

, USA

See also

*Footbridge

A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge

A bridge is a structure

A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system

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- a bridge for pedestrians
*Overpass

An overpass (called an overbridge or flyover in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed. The Guardian' and Telegraph' use Britain as ...

- a bridge, road or railway crossing over another road or railway
*Pedestrian separation structure
This tunnel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology allows pedestrians to get between buildings on either side of Ames Street
A pedestrian separation structure is any structure that removes pedestrians from a Carriageway, roadway, street or Tr ...
- any structure which separates pedestrians from the roadway
*Pedway

Pedways (short for pedestrian

A pedestrian is a person travelling on , whether or . In modern times, the term usually refers to someone walking on a or , but this was not the case historically.

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- pedestrian walkways, includes both skyways and underground walkways
*Sidewalk

A sidewalk (North American English), pavement (British English), footpath (Oceania, Oceanian English), or footway, is a path along the side of a road. Usually constructed of concrete or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians. A sidewalk may acc ...

- pedestrian path along the side of a road
*Catwalk

A fashion show ( French ''défilé de mode'') is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase their upcoming line of clothing

File:KangaSiyu1.jpg, A kanga (African garment), kanga, worn throughout the African Great Lakes region

Clothin ...

- a narrow footbridge or walkway to allow workers access to parts of a structure
*Hyatt Regency walkway collapse

On July 17, 1981, two walkways collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Kansas City hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, one directly above the other. They crashed onto a tea dance being held in the hotel's lobby, killing 114 and injuring 216. As ...
- a failure of an internal skyway

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