Flyover Between Building In Japan. 16-story building in Japan notable for highway going through it This article is about the Gate Tower Building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. For the one in Rinku Town, see Rinku Gate Tower Building. Gate Tower BuildingゲートタワービルLocation within JapanGeneral informationTypeOffice buildingLocation5-4-21 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, OsakaCountryJapanCoordinates34°41′53″N 135°29′23″E​ / ​34.698102°N 135.489629°E​ / 34.698102; 135.489629Coordinates: 34°41′53″N 135°29′23″E​ / ​34.698102°N 135.489629°E​ / 34.698102; 135.489629Completed1992ClientSuezawa Sangyō Co. Ltd.Height71.9 m (236 ft)Technical detailsStructural systemReinforced concrete and partly steel frameFloor count16 above ground, 2 underground, 1 elevator equipment tower floorFloor area7,956 m2 (85,640 sq ft)Design and constructionArchitectAzusa Sekkei, Yamamoto-Nishihara Kenchiku Sekkei JimushōMain contractorSato Kōgyō Co. Ltd. Umeda Exit Gate Tower Building (ゲートタワービル, gēto tawā biru) is a 16 floor office building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is notable for the highway offramp at Umeda Exit that passes through the building.[1] Overview The building has a double core construction, with a circular cross section. The Umeda Exit of the Ikeda Route of the Hanshin Expressway system (when exiting the highway from the direction of Ikeda) passes between the fifth through seventh floors of this building. The highway is the tenant of those floors. The elevator passes through the floors without stopping, floor 4 being followed by floor 8. The floors through which the highway passes consist of elevators, stairways and machinery. The highway does not make contact with the building.[2] It passes through as a bridge, held up by supports next to the building. The highway is surrounded by a structure to protect the building from noise and vibration. The roof has a helipad. History A wood and charcoal business held the property rights for this plot of land since the early Meiji period, but the gradual move to other sources of fuel resulted in the deterioration of those company buildings. In 1983, redevelopment of the area was approved, but building permits were refused because the highway was already being planned.[3] The property rights' holders refused to give up, and negotiated with the Hanshin Expressway corporation for approximately five years to reach the current solution.[1][4] Although normally highway corporations purchase the land they build a highway on or over, it is not guaranteed to succeed and therefore issues like this can arise. For that reason, the highway laws, city planning laws, city redevelopment laws and building codes were partly revised in 1989 to allow the unified development of highways and buildings in the same space. This system was originally designed to facilitate the construction of the second Ring Road in the vicinity of Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, but in the end was not applied there. Instead, the system was put into effect in the construction of the Gate Tower Building, becoming Japan's first building to have a highway pass through it. Normally, highways are still built underground in these cases, and passing through a building is an extremely rare occurrence. Profile Address: 5-4- 21 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Ōsaka City, Ōsaka Prefecture Completed: 1992 Site area: 2,353 m2 (25,327 sq ft) Construction area: 760 m2 (8,181 sq ft) Total floor area: 7,956 m2 (85,638 sq ft) Structure: Reinforced concrete and partly steel frame Height: 71.9 m (236 ft) Floors: 16 floors above ground, 2 floors underground and 1 top semi-tower floor used for elevator support machinery Purpose: Office building Client: Suezawa Sangyo Co. Ltd. Designer: Azusa Sekkei and Yamamoto-Nishihara Kenchiku Sekkei Jimushō Builder: Satō Kōgyō Co. Ltd. References ^ a b "Are these the most outrageous hotel designs ever?". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 June 2015. ^ (German) Martin Hackl, Marco Witt, Simon Bethke and Martina Beils: Verkehrsplanung: Durch dieses Hochhaus führt eine Autobahn (Transportation planning: An Expressway passes through this sky scraper), ProSieben – Galileo Magazine, Episode 397, Season 2016, 28 December 2016 (YouTube) ^ "El Gate Tower Building de Osaka, o cuando las autopistas atraviesan edificios". Japonismo. Retrieved 16 June 2015. ^ "10 Bizarre Buildings And Their Fascinating Histories". Retrieved 16 June 2015. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gate Tower Building. Sato Kogyo construction achievements Hanshin Expressway Corporation Hanshin Expressway and Gate Tower Building Photoset See also: List of aircraft structural failures, List of bridge failures, List of dam failures, and List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers Main article: Structural failure This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: No differentiation between each type of structural failure, extremely hard to navigate. Transportation failures should be placed in their relevant accident lists. Please help improve this article if you can. (February 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) It has been suggested that portions of this article be split out into articles titled List of bridge failures, Dam failure, List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers and List of aircraft structural failures. (Discuss) (February 2018) This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including some aircraft, bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Buildings and other fixed man-made structures Antiquity – Middle Ages Year Structure Location Type Casualties 226 BC Colossus of Rhodes City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes statue 0 27 Fidenae amphitheatre collapse Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire amphitheatre 20,000+ ca. 27–30 Tower of Siloam Jerusalem, Israel tower 18 140 Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus Rome, Italia, Roman Empire amphitheatre ≈13,000 558 Dome of Hagia Sophia Constantinople, Byzantine Empire Church (building) 0 1275 St. Servatius Bridge Maastricht, Netherlands Bridge ≈400 1284 Choir of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France Church (building) 0 1297 Stirling Bridge Stirling, Scotland bridge 1303 Lighthouse of Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt tower 0 1322 Ely Cathedral Tower Collapse Ely, England Church (building) 0 1382 Bell tower of St. Mary's church, Stralsund Stralsund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany) Church (building) 0 1444 Rialto Bridge Venice, Republic of Venice bridge 0 1500 Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury, England Church (building) 0 1529 St. Elisabeth's Church, Breslau Breslau, Silesia Church (building) 1549 Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln, England Church (building) 1573 Tower of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France Church (building) 1577 Martinikerk (Groningen) Groningen, free city; now part of The Netherlands Church (building) 17th century – 19th century Year Structure Location Type Casualties 1625 Tower of St. Olaf's church, Tallinn Tallinn, Sweden (now in Estonia) Church (building) 1647 Tower of St.-Marien-Kirche Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania (now in Germany) Church (building) 1661 Tower of Reinoldikirche Dortmund, Hanseatic League (now in Germany) Church (building) 1666 St. Peter's Church, Riga Riga, Sweden (now in Latvia) Church (building) 8 buried in rubble 17th century Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen, France Church (building) 1674 Nave of the Dom Church Utrecht, The Netherlands Church (building) 1697 Tower of St. Michael's Church, Klausenburg Klausenburg, Habsburg Monarchy (now in Romania) Church (building) c. 1715 Marsalforn Tower Xagħra, Gozo, Malta tower 0 1721 St. Peter's Church, Riga Riga, Sweden/Russia, now in Latvia Church (building) 1754 Church tower Willstätt, Germany (Badenia) Church (building) 1763 Tower of St. Michael's Church Klausenburg, Habsburg Monarchy (now in Romania) Church (building) 1777 Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene Posen, Prussia Church (building) 1831 Broughton Suspension Bridge Broughton, UK bridge 0 1845 Yarmouth Bridge Yarmouth, UK bridge 79 1847 Dee bridge disaster Chester, UK bridge 5 1850 Angers Bridge Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France bridge 226 1860 Pemberton Mill Lawrence, Massachusetts, US 1860 Wootton bridge collapse Wootton, UK bridge 2 1860 Bull bridge accident Ambergate, UK bridge 0 1861 Chichester Cathedral Spire Collapse Chichester, UK Church (building) 1864 Dale Dike Reservoir South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom dam 244 [1] 1868 Saint Peter's Church, Fritzlar Spire Collapse Fritzlar, Germany Church (building) 21 1875 Portage Bridge Town of Portage, New York, US bridge 0 1876 Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster Ashtabula, Ohio, US 92 1879 Tay Bridge disaster Dundee, Scotland, UK bridge 75 1887 Bussey bridge disaster Boston, Massachusetts, US bridge 24–30 1889 South Fork Dam Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US dam 2,209 1890 Walnut Grove Dam Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US dam 1891 Munchenstein rail disaster Munchenstein, Switzerland bridge 1896 Point Ellice Bridge Victoria, British Columbia, Canada bridge 55 1900s–1950s Year Structure Location Type Casualties 1901 Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company masts Poldhu, UK guyed masts 0 1901 Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company masts South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, US guyed masts 0 1902 St. Mark's Campanile Venice, Italy 1902 Ibrox disaster Glasgow, United Kingdom Stadium 25 Dead, 517 Injured 1904 Eden Railroad Bridge Collapse Eden, Colorado, US bridge 1905 Egyptian Bridge Saint Petersburg, Russia bridge 0 1906 National Electric Signaling Company mast Machrihanish, Scotland guyed mast 0 1907 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Canada