Media City Footbridge

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox bridge | bridge_name = MediaCityUK Footbridge | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Salford quays swing bridge.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = <small>MediaCityUK Footbridge at night</small> | official_name = | other_name = Salford Quays Swing Bridge | carries = Pedestrians | crosses = [[Manchester Ship Canal]] | locale = [[MediaCityUK]], [[Salford Quays]] | owner = [[The Peel Group]] | maint = | id = | architect = [[WilkinsonEyre]] | designer = [[Gifford (company)|Gifford]] (structure), Pinniger (lighting) | engineering = Bennett Associates (Atkins) [http://www.kgalglobal.com KGAL] | design = Cable-stay swing bridge | material = Steel | length = {{convert|83|m|ft}} | width = {{convert|6|-|19|m|ft}} | height = {{convert|31|m|ft}} | mainspan = {{convert|65|m|ft}} | spans = 2 | pierswater = 1 | load = | clearance = {{convert|48|m|ft}} | below = {{convert|4.77|m|ft}} | life = | builder = [[Balfour Beatty]] Civil Engineering Ltd | fabricator = [[Rowecord Engineering]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Footbridge, MediaCityUK |url=https://steelconstruction.info/The_Footbridge,_MediaCityUK |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Steel Construction |language=en-GB |archive-date=2017-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715174416/http://www.steelconstruction.info/The_Footbridge,_MediaCityUK |url-status=live }}</ref> | begin = September 2009 | complete = 2011 | cost = £11 million | open = 2011 | inaugurated = | toll = | traffic = | preceded = | followed = | heritage = | collapsed = | closed = | replaces = | map_cue = | map_image = | map_alt = | map_text = | map_width = | coordinates = {{coord|53.4713|-2.3001|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | lat = | long = | references = | extra = }}

The '''Media City Footbridge''' is a swing-mechanism footbridge over the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] near [[MediaCityUK]]. It is an asymmetric [[Cable-stayed bridge|cable-stayed]] [[swing bridge]] and was completed in 2011.<ref name="Sch">{{cite book |last1=Schofield |first1=Jonathan |title=My Guide to Manchester |date=2015 |publisher=Manchester Books |location=Manchester |isbn=978 0 9927590 1 8 |page=140}}</ref> It was designed by [[Gifford (company)|Gifford]] (now part of [[Ramboll]]) and [[WilkinsonEyre]].<ref>{{citation|title=Media City Footbridge |url=http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/media-city-footbridge.aspx?category=bridges |publisher=Wilkinson Eyre |access-date=4 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423170106/http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/media-city-footbridge.aspx?category=bridges |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref>

The pedestrian bridge links MediaCityUK with the [[Imperial War Museum North]] on Trafford Wharf.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=Edward |title=Salford Quays. The Story of the Manchester Docks |date=2000 |publisher=Memories Publications |location=Manchester |isbn=1 899181 88 1 |page=99}}</ref> It weighs 450 tonnes, and has two spans of {{convert|65|and|18|m|ft}}. It swings through 71 degrees to give a {{convert|48|m|ft|adj=on}} navigation channel.<ref name="Sch"/> The deck of the bridge is an [[Orthotropic deck|orthotropic steel box]].<ref>[http://www.gifford.uk.com/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/Research_and_Opiniom/MediaCity_IABSE_2011_Paper.pdf Bridge design] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051320/http://www.gifford.uk.com/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/Research_and_Opiniom/MediaCity_IABSE_2011_Paper.pdf |date=25 April 2012 }}</ref> 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.{{fact|date=August 2020}} The swing mechanism is built on a reinforced concrete caisson foundation of {{convert|13|m|ft}} diameter. Above the water it is {{convert|7.3|m|ft}} in diameter.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

==See also== [[File:MediaCityUK Footbridge at Night.jpg|thumb|left|The MediaCityUK Footbridge seen at night during the [[MediaCityUK]] Lightwaves Festival 2018 from the southern bank looking north-west towards the [[BBC]] buildings.]] * [[Salford Quays lift bridge]]

==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|MediaCity Footbridge}} ==External links==

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Salford]] [[Category:Bridges in Greater Manchester]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 2011]] [[Category:Pedestrian bridges in England]] [[Category:Cable-stayed bridges in England]] [[Category:Swing bridges in England]] [[Category:2011 establishments in England]] [[Category:Salford Quays]]