In addition to Denver International Airport's new East Security Checkpoint , the bridge and walkway to Concourse A opened this week, albeit with slightly less fanfare. It's part of a massive, $2 billion renovation project at the airport, which began in 2018 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2027 .
The walkway is the only passenger bridge in the U.S. that allows people to walk above airplanes, watching them taxi underneath them, airport officials have boasted . They dubbed the reopening this week, "another exciting change."
It's now open again for both arriving and departing passengers. To access it, departing passengers should go through security first. Arriving passengers should exit to the east or west through automated exit lanes and then take the elevators