Media City Footbridge

Media City Footbridge
Media City Footbridge at night
Coordinates 53°28′17″N 2°18′00″W / 53.4713°N 2.3001°W / 53.4713; -2.3001Coordinates: 53°28′17″N 2°18′00″W / 53.4713°N 2.3001°W / 53.4713; -2.3001
Carries Pedestrians
Crosses Manchester Ship Canal
Locale Salford Quays
Other name(s) Salford Quays Swing Bridge
Owner Peel Group
Characteristics
Design Cable-stay swing bridge
Material Steel
Total length 83 metres
Width 6 - 19 metres
Height 31 metres
Longest span 65 metres
No. of spans 2
Piers in water 1
Clearance above 48 metres
Clearance below 4.77 metres
History
Architect Wilkinson Eyre
Designer Gifford now Ramboll (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

The Media City Footbridge is a swing-mechanism footbridge over the Manchester Ship Canal near MediaCityUK. It is an asymmetric cable-stayed swing bridge. It was designed by Gifford now Ramboll and Wilkinson Eyre.[1]

The bridge links MediaCityUK with Trafford Wharf. It weighs 450 tonnes, and has two spans of 65 metres and 18 metres. It swings through 71 degrees to give a 48-metre navigation channel. The deck of the bridge is an orthotropic steel box.[2] 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.

The swing mechanism is built on a reinforced concrete caisson foundation of 13 metres diameter. Above the water it is 7.3 metres in diameter.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Media City Footbridge, Wilkinson Eyre, archived from the original on 23 April 2012, retrieved 4 April 2014
  2. ↑ Bridge design Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
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