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File:Antonio Contin - Ponte dei sospiri (Venice).jpg in Venice, Italy]]

• Florence, Italy, Vasari Corridor, connects Palazzo Vecchio to Uffizi and then to Palazzo Pitti, 16th century
• Venice, Italy, Bridge of Sighs, connects Doge's Palace and prison, 16th century
• Copenhagen, Denmark: skywalk connecting courts building to adjacent uses, 18th century
• Faaborg, Funen, Denmark: skywalk in centrum, 18th century

File:Itäväylä kuvattuna itäkeskuksen kohdalta.JPG in Itäkeskus, Helsinki, Finland]]

Besides pedestrian safety and convenience, the chief reasons assigned by urban planners for skywalk development are decrease of traffic congestion, 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 computer models to optimize skywalk layout.Carbon monoxide dispersion analysis in downtown Spokane, ESL Inc., Sunnyvale, (1973)

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.{{Cite journal|last=Robertson|first=K. A.|date=1988-07-01|title=Pedestrian Skywalk Systems: Downtown's Great Hope or Pathways to Ruin? |url=https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=282855|journal=Transportation Quarterly|volume=42|issue=3|issn=0278-9434}} Woo (2012) found that skywalk systems could be negatively associated with promoting consumerism.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.inpolis.com/2012/07/02/guest-article-skywalks-in-hong-kong-and-their-consequences-on-urban-communities/|title=Guest Article: Skywalks in Hong Kong and their Consequences on Urban Communities|last=Ares|date=2012-07-02|website=Places.|access-date=2016-11-05}} Cui (2015) called for more research into the impact of skyways in developing countries.{{Cite journal|last1=Cui|first1=Jianqiang|last2=Allan|first2=Andrew|last3=Lin|first3=Dong|date=2015-06-03|title=Assessing grade separation pedestrian systems: Planning, design and operation|journal=Urban Design International|language=en|volume=20|issue=3|pages=241–252|doi=10.1057/udi.2015.8|s2cid=107085967|issn=1357-5317}} The Cincinnati Skywalk in Ohio was dismantled because of these concerns.{{Cite web|last=Goffinet|first=Mike Schell, Jared|title=Last portions of Cincinnati's Skywalk coming down|url=https://www.fox19.com/2020/10/19/last-portions-cincinnatis-skywalk-coming-down/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=fox19.com|date=19 October 2020 |language=en-US}}

There are significant skyway networks in many cities in the US Midwest, such as Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Rochester, and Duluth.{{Cite journal|last1=Montgomery|first1=Michael R.|last2=Bean|first2=Richard|date=1999-01-01|title=Market Failure, Government Failure, and the Private Supply of Public Goods: The Case of Climate-Controlled Walkway Networks|url=http://econpapers.repec.org/article/kappubcho/v_3A99_3Ay_3A1999_3Ai_3A3-4_3Ap_3A403-37.htm|journal=Public Choice|volume=99|issue=3–4|pages=403–37|issn=0048-5829|doi=10.1023/a:1018301628084|s2cid=59471029|url-access=subscription}} Most networks in North America are privately owned. Notable exceptions are skyways in Saint Paul and in New York (High Line), which are publicly owned.{{Cite news|url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2016/04/how-small-request-kicked-big-debate-over-skyways-and-public-safety-st-paul|title=How a small request kicked off a big debate over skyways and public safety in St. Paul|newspaper=MinnPost|access-date=2016-11-05}}

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File:Petronas Twin Towers (2459991523).jpg in Kuala Lumpur]]

File:Marina Bay Sands (I).jpg in Singapore]]

The highest cantilevered skybridge between separate buildings in the world is in the Raffles City Chongqing skyscrapers complex in Chongqing, China. The world's longest pedestrian hanging skywalk, at 430 meters, is the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, which sits between mountain peaks in China. The highest cantilevered skybridge as construction element of building exist atop of Kingdom Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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 dual skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which also has an elevated, air-conditioned walkway from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre to Bukit Bintang shopping district. Malaysia also has the mountainarian tourist pedestrian glass-bottom Langkawi Sky Bridge in Kedah, Langkawi.

One of the most famous similar cantilevered skybridges, that looks like uppered{{typo help inline|reason=similar to suppered|date=November 2019}} ship from the bird's-eye and submarine from the ground, known in Singapore's Marina Bay Sands resort complex of skyscrapers.

One of the most impressionable hanging pedestrian skybridges, supported by two giant hands, Golden Bridge now attracts tourists in Ba Na Hills near Da Nang, Vietnam.

In Bangkok, Thailand there are more than 5.4 km of covered wide dedicated elevated skywalks{{Cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/news/420125/up-above-the-milling-crowd|title=Up above the milling crowd|newspaper=Bangkok Post}} 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 commercial real estate. 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 urbanism but probably most importantly, tourism receipts. Most skywalks connect to a BTS 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. A [http://christao.net/2011/02/24/50km-of-skywalks-to-be-built-in-bangkok/ 50km long extension project] was shelved in 2011 due to funding issues,{{Cite web | url=http://www.thailand-construction.com/bmas-skywalk-project-over-priced/?doing_wp_cron=1435427814.1741809844970703125000 | title=BMA's skywalk project 'over-priced'| date=2011-03-03}} nevertheless the system is growing organically.

In Hong Kong, there are numerous foot bridge networks across the city. Particularly large networks exists around elevated or at grade MTR stations and connections between malls and housing estates in new town centers. The largest network spans Admiralty, Central and parts of Sheung Wan 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 escalator system in the world according to Guinness World Records.^[9][10] Other large systems exist in Tsuen Wan and Mong Kok.

The Mumbai Skywalk Project, India is a discontinuous network of over 50 km of skywalks in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India. The skyways connect Mumbai Suburban Railway 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 and Kurla.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/skywalk.htm|title= Proposed Skywalks in Mumbai Metropolitan Region| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913090148/http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/skywalk.htm |archivedate=13 September 2009 }}Bellman, Eric. (2010-01-19) [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703837004575013193075912272 Packed Streets Have a City of Walkers Looking Skyward for Answers]. Online.wsj.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/docs/35-skywalks-status.pdf|title=Information of skywalks|date=29 June 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613125352/http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/docs/35-skywalks-status.pdf |archivedate=13 June 2010}}

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Brussels, Belgium has a skyway between the two Belgacom Towers.

London has skywalks on the Barbican Estate and London Wall. The City of London Pedway Scheme 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 has picturesque skyways between former warehouses, used in part to roll barrels between them.

Liverpool conceived a project of building skyways around the city centre during the 1960s.{{cite news |last1=Houghton |first1=Alistair |title=How we were all meant to use Liverpool's streets in the sky - and why we're not |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpools-secret-streets-sky-story-14077266 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=24 December 2017 |language=en}} The project saw bridges linking key buildings around the city centre, such as James Street railway station, Moorfields railway station and New Hall Place. Crime and low usage of the bridges stopped the project being fully imagined and by the end of the year 2000 nearly all of bridges had been removed, though evidence of the scheme still exists in some places.{{cite web |title=Come fly with me – the brave new world of Liverpool's flyovers |url=https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/come-fly-me-brave-new-world-of-liverpools-flyovers |website=National Museums Liverpool |access-date=27 May 2024}}

Sheffield, South Yorkshire has a famous skyway between two blocks of flats in the Park Hill Estate housing block with the phrase "I Love You Will U Marry Me" graffitied onto it. It has since become the subject of songs by local singers and bands such as Arctic Monkeys and Yungblud.

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

• Melbourne, Australia, four blocks and Airport

File:1 oxford bridge of sighs 2012.jpg|Bridge of Sighs in Oxford

File:Cor IMG 4417.JPG|Vasari Corridor in Florence

File:Skybridge1.jpg|The Bridge of Aspiration, a skybridge in Covent Garden, London

File:Hotel Kupa po rekonstrukci.jpg|Hotel Kupa, Prague-Háje, Czechia

File:Bochum - Schillerstraße - Bergbaumuseum 03 ies.jpg|German Mining Museum in Bochum

File:SkyBridgeInterlaken.jpg|Skyway in Interlaken, Switzerland

File:Pedestrian overpass in Münster.JPG|A Skyway serving as part of a café, Münster, Germany

File:SkyBridgeMunich.jpg|Skyway in Munich, Bavaria

File:University of Leeds (4th May 2010) 031.jpg|A Brutalist skyway at the University of Leeds, England

File:SkyBridge.JPG|An inside view of the skybridge of Petronas Towers

File:Bridge to Pier 6, Gatwick North Terminal - geograph.org.uk - 74055.jpg|This skyway at London Gatwick Airport is designed to allow aircraft to pass under

File:Calgary Plus 15.jpg|A three-storey bridge at The Core Shopping Centre in Calgary

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

File:2006ComputexDay5-17.jpg|The skyway system in Taipei

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

File:Singapore The Pinnacle@Duxton 03.jpg|The Pinnacle@Duxton in Singapore

File:Leipzig - Burgplatz + Lotterstraße + Neues Rathaus + Stadthaus 01 ies.jpg|Neues Rathaus in Leipzig

• Catwalk – A narrow footbridge or walkway to allow workers access to parts of a structure

• Footbridge – A bridge for pedestrians

• Glass Bridge, skywalk with glass bottom

• Overpass – A bridge, road or railway crossing over another road or railway

• Pedestrian separation structure – Any structure which separates pedestrians from the roadway

• Pedway – Pedestrian walkways, includes both skyways and underground walkways

• Sidewalk – Pedestrian path along the side of a road

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