>>52317493It's a bridge, it's based on the real Tokyo aqua line, all the ships leaving from central Tokyo's ports go through it, either under it on the raised part or over it(the real version turns into an underwater tunnel)
>b-b-but the "walls" around the water routesAbstraction that has to be there purely for gameplay purposes, it would be no better if they surrounded it with piles of rocks like they do in more recent games