Media City Footbridge
MediaCityUK Footbridge | |
|---|---|
Wilkinson Eyre | |
| Designer | Gifford (structure), Pinniger (lighting) |
| Engineering design by | Bennett Associates (Atkins) KGAL |
| Constructed by | Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd |
| Fabrication by | Rowecord Engineering |
| Construction start | September 2009 |
| Construction end | 2011 |
| Construction cost | £11 million |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Location | |
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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
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
- ^ ISBN 978 0 9927590 1 8.
- ^ Media City Footbridge, Wilkinson Eyre, archived from the original on 23 April 2012, retrieved 4 April 2014
- ISBN 1 899181 88 1.
- ^ Bridge design Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
