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]

MediaCityUK Footbridge
MediaCityUK Footbridge at night
Coordinates53°28′17″N 2°18′00″W
CarriesPedestrians
CrossesManchester Ship Canal
LocaleMediaCityUK, Salford Quays
Other name(s)Salford Quays Swing Bridge
OwnerPeel Group
Characteristics
DesignCable-stay swing bridge
MaterialSteel
Total length83 metres (272 ft)
Width6–19 metres (20–62 ft)
Height31 metres (102 ft)
Longest span65 metres (213 ft)
No. of spans2
Piers in water1
Clearance above48 metres (157 ft)
Clearance below4.77 metres (15.6 ft)
History
ArchitectWilkinson Eyre
DesignerGifford (structure), Pinniger (lighting)
Engineering design byBennett Associates (Atkins) KGAL
Constructed byBalfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd
Fabrication byRowecord Engineering
Construction startSeptember 2009
Construction end2011
Construction cost£11 million
Opened2011
Location

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. 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.

See also

The MediaCityUK Footbridge seen at night during the MediaCityUK Lightwaves Festival 2018 from the southern bank looking north-west towards the BBC buildings.

References

  1. Schofield, Jonathan (2015). My Guide to Manchester. Manchester: Manchester Books. p. 140. ISBN 978 0 9927590 1 8.
  2. Media City Footbridge, Wilkinson Eyre, archived from the original on 23 April 2012, retrieved 4 April 2014
  3. Gray, Edward (2000). Salford Quays. The Story of the Manchester Docks. Manchester: Memories Publications. p. 99. ISBN 1 899181 88 1.
  4. Bridge design Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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