Media City Footbridge
The Media City Footbridge is a swing-mechanism footbridge over the Manchester Ship Canal near MediaCityUK. It is an asymmetric cable-stayed swing bridge and was completed in 2011.[1] It was designed by Gifford (now part of the Ramboll Group) and Wilkinson Eyre.[2]
The pedestrian bridge links MediaCityUK with the Imperial War Museum North on Trafford Wharf.[3] It weighs 450 tonnes, and has two spans of 65 and 18 metres (213 and 59 ft). It swings through 71 degrees to give a 48-metre (157 ft) navigation channel.[1] The deck of the bridge is an orthotropic steel box.[4] The bridge is supported by eight tapered steel fanned masts. It was built by Balfour Beatty, with the steel fabrication by Rowecord Engineering of Newport, South Wales.[citation needed] The swing mechanism is built on a reinforced concrete caisson foundation of 13 metres (43 ft) diameter. Above the water it is 7.3 metres (24 ft) in diameter.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b Schofield, Jonathan (2015). My Guide to Manchester. Manchester: Manchester Books. p. 140. ISBN 978 0 9927590 1 8.
- ^ Media City Footbridge, Wilkinson Eyre, archived from the original on 23 April 2012, retrieved 4 April 2014
- ^ Gray, Edward (2000). Salford Quays. The Story of the Manchester Docks. Manchester: Memories Publications. p. 99. ISBN 1 899181 88 1.
- ^ Bridge design Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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