# Media City Footbridge

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Bridge in MediaCityUK, Salford Quays

MediaCityUK Footbridge MediaCityUK Footbridge at night Coordinates 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 MediaCityUK, Salford Quays Other name Salford Quays Swing Bridge Owner The Peel Group Characteristics Design Cable-stay swing bridge Material Steel Total length 83 metres (272 ft) Width 6–19 metres (20–62 ft) Height 31 metres (102 ft) Longest span 65 metres (213 ft) No. of spans 2 Piers in water 1 Clearance above 48 metres (157 ft) Clearance below 4.77 metres (15.6 ft) History Architect WilkinsonEyre Designer Gifford (structure), Pinniger (lighting) Engineering design by Bennett Associates (Atkins) KGAL Constructed by Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd Fabrication by Rowecord Engineering[1] Construction start September 2009 Construction end 2011 Construction cost £11 million Opened 2011 Location Interactive map of MediaCityUK Footbridge

The **Media City Footbridge** is a swing-mechanism footbridge over the [Manchester Ship Canal](/source/Manchester_Ship_Canal) near [MediaCityUK](/source/MediaCityUK). It is an asymmetric [cable-stayed](/source/Cable-stayed_bridge) [swing bridge](/source/Swing_bridge) and was completed in 2011.[2] It was designed by [Gifford](/source/Gifford_(company)) (now part of [Ramboll](/source/Ramboll)) and [WilkinsonEyre](/source/WilkinsonEyre).[3]

The pedestrian bridge links MediaCityUK with the [Imperial War Museum North](/source/Imperial_War_Museum_North) on Trafford Wharf.[4] 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.[2] The deck of the bridge is an [orthotropic steel box](/source/Orthotropic_deck).[5] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## See also

The MediaCityUK Footbridge seen at night during the [MediaCityUK](/source/MediaCityUK) Lightwaves Festival 2018 from the southern bank looking north-west towards the [BBC](/source/BBC) buildings.

- [Salford Quays lift bridge](/source/Salford_Quays_lift_bridge)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Footbridge, MediaCityUK"](https://steelconstruction.info/The_Footbridge,_MediaCityUK). *Steel Construction*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170715174416/http://www.steelconstruction.info/The_Footbridge,_MediaCityUK) from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Sch_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Sch_2-1) Schofield, Jonathan (2015). *My Guide to Manchester*. Manchester: Manchester Books. p. 140. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978 0 9927590 1 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978_0_9927590_1_8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Media City Footbridge*](https://web.archive.org/web/20120423170106/http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/media-city-footbridge.aspx?category=bridges), Wilkinson Eyre, archived from [the original](http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/media-city-footbridge.aspx?category=bridges) on 23 April 2012, retrieved 4 April 2014

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gray, Edward (2000). *Salford Quays. The Story of the Manchester Docks*. Manchester: Memories Publications. p. 99. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1 899181 88 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1_899181_88_1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Bridge design](http://www.gifford.uk.com/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/Research_and_Opiniom/MediaCity_IABSE_2011_Paper.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051320/http://www.gifford.uk.com/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/Research_and_Opiniom/MediaCity_IABSE_2011_Paper.pdf) 25 April 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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