General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Swing bridge Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system |
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Secondary structure(s): |
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Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
Awards and Distinctions
2012 |
award winner
for registered users |
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Location
Location: |
Salford, Greater Manchester, North West England, England, United Kingdom Trafford, Greater Manchester, North West England, England, United Kingdom |
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Crosses: |
Manchester Ship Canal (1894)
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Coordinates: | 53° 28' 16.69" N 2° 18' 0.28" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
main span | 65 m | |
width | 4 - 20 m | |
length | 83 m |
Case Studies and Applied Products
MediaCity Footbridge
MediaCityUK is major development in Manchester, UK, that provides a new home for the UK's BBC and ITV broadcasting organisations. It includes general office and retail / leisure space, a hotel, residential apartments, and a new tram station that links to the city c ... [more]
Participants
Architecture
Structural engineering
Contractor
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Fußgängerbrücken. Stege und Rampen, Entwurf, Konstruktion. DETAIL Institut für international Architektur-Dokumentation, Munich (Germany), ISBN 9783920034638, pp. 106-107. (2012):
- (2010): Media City Footbridge, Salford Quays. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, pp. 160-161.
- Media City Footbridge, Salford Quays. Presented at: 4th International Conference Footbridge 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, 6-8 July 2011. (2011):
- Media City Footbridge, Salford, UK. Presented at: 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011. (2011):
- MediaCityUK Footbridge, Salford, UK. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering, v. 168, n. 2 (June 2015), pp. 81-97. (2015):
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20043375 - Published on:
04/02/2009 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016