Media City Footbridge

Bridge in MediaCityUK, Salford Quays

53°28′17″N 2°18′00″W / 53.4713°N 2.3001°W / 53.4713; -2.3001CarriesPedestriansCrossesManchester Ship CanalLocaleMediaCityUK, Salford QuaysOther name(s)Salford Quays Swing BridgeOwnerPeel GroupCharacteristicsDesignCable-stay swing bridgeMaterialSteelTotal length83 metres (272 ft)Width6–19 metres (20–62 ft)Height31 metres (102 ft)Longest span65 metres (213 ft)No. of spans2Piers in water1Clearance above48 metres (157 ft)Clearance below4.77 metres (15.6 ft)HistoryArchitectWilkinson EyreDesignerGifford (structure), Pinniger (lighting)Engineering design byBennett Associates (Atkins) KGALConstructed byBalfour Beatty Civil Engineering LtdFabrication byRowecord EngineeringConstruction startSeptember 2009Construction end2011Construction cost£11 millionOpened2011Location Map

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]}

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