How many Airports are over roads?

[PghUSA]

Pittsburgh's original "major" airport (1931-1953 the ones previous to this weren't much more then landing strips) is the Allegheny Airport it is still used today much like every other major city the old "major" airports serve as today's commuter/private plane/ corporate jet airports.

Anyways my question is how many airports out there have tunnels for roads to go underneath them? I wouldn't think Pittsburgh is the ONLY city to have a major or once major airport to have that distinction.

Here is Pittsburgh's Allegheny Airport road tunnel over its main runway:

http://pghbridges.com/glassport/0590-4467/...rportrunway.htm

[MV_Klahowya]

Sea-Tac Airport (Seattle, WA) has a tunnel that goes underneath the runway.

-- LB

[dexxtreme]

Atlanta's airport expansion will include a 5th runway that will have a bridge that will span across interstate 285.

[PghUSA]

interesting, never knew that about ATL and Seattle

any others anyone knows of?

[Neo]

I'm thinking Chicago has a taxi lane over a road, but it may be a private road.

[colin]

These are actually really common.

IAH in Houston has two. Sky Harbor in Phoenix has at least one.

Then, of course, there's the famous CA 1 tunnel under LAX. It's been used in quite a few movies.

[SCPlanner]

You're right, I believe PHX has one (close to Terminal 2).

[peaceloveunderstanding]

that one in Atlanta is madness. Are the road that the other runways go over as major as 285?

[Eternalrsx]

Tampa has a Taxiway that passes over the main parkway running into and out of the airport.

[MV_Klahowya]

There's a tunnel undernath one of the runways at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. See the 5'th picture down at this site.

-- LB

[leets]

Chicago's OHare Airport has at least one if not more.

[zed]

I'm pretty sure the access road for DFW airport (Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas), International Parkway, tunnels under one or more taxiways.

[bic]

Orlando International (MCO) has a couple of taxiways that cross over the airport's entrance roads.

[ATL4EVER]

When will they finish that 5th runway in Atlanta?

[Martinman]

When will they finish that 5th runway in Atlanta?

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Its scheduled to be completed sometime in 2006

[wolfdawg54]

Nashville has one that I think crosses a road.

[jazzman]

I'm thinking Chicago has a taxi lane over a road, but it may be a private road.

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Chicago's taxiway goes right over a major freeway.

[Raintree21]

The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel (AATT)

The AATT opened to traffic in February 1999. This two-lane tunnel crossing under the Addison Airport is approximately 1,600 feet in length, with a total roadway length of 3,700 feet.

The tunnel expands traffic capacity and eases congestion in the northern sector of Dallas and Addison by providing an east-west route between the DNT and IH-35E under the Addison Airport runway. It provides motorists a through passage on Keller Springs Road, which once ended on either side of Addison Airport, as an alternate to Belt Line Road on Trinity Mills Road.

Description: Two-lane tunnel, approximately 1,600 feet in length, with a total roadway length of 3,700 feet.

http://www.ntta.org/pub/pub/pub_about_road.jsp

[Snowguy716]

I recently rode a bus under a runway in Beijing, China. It was the first time I've ever seen something like that.. and it was pretty cool, when, 2 hours later our plane taxeed over it.

[smeagolsfree]

Nashvilles airport has two roads that go under taxiways. Blew my mind when I first saw it.

[M. Brown]

Manchester Airport has its access road go under a taxi way.

[rantanamo]

International Parkway goes under DFW Airport taxiways at the north and south ends of the airport. Very cool to watch the planes roll over as you drive by.

[Lady Celeste]

Here is a picture of the construction of the fifth runway at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. As you can see, it will span an interstate. Interstate 285 will flow under the runway. Amazing.

Here is a picture:

The dirt swath is where the runway will be. At 9000ft there will be some pretty big jets on there.

I will be curious to see landings on this runway.

[Russell B]

Vegas does I think.

[Charleston native]

LA has one...South Sepulveda Blvd. runs underneath one of LAX's runways when you're heading to Manhattan or Redondo Beaches.