Salford Quays Lift Bridge
The Salford Quays lift bridge, also known as the Salford Quays Millennium footbridge or the Lowry bridge, is a long vertical lift bridge spanning the Manchester Ship Canal between Salford and Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. The pedestrian bridge, which was completed in 2000, is near the terminus of the ship canal at the old Manchester Docks. It is sited beside The Lowry theatre and gallery and links Salford Quays and MediaCityUK to Trafford Wharf and the Imperial War Museum North. It has a lift of , allowing large watercraft to pass beneath. The bridge features prominently on the backdrop for the ''BBC North West Tonight'' television news programme, which also shows The Lowry and MediaCityUK. Design The project started in 1998 and was project managed and designed by Parkman Ltd of Manchester, with Carlos Fernandez Casado as subcontract architect/engineer who designed the main span. The bridge has a main span of in a ''Lohse Arch'',Wai-Fah Chen, E. M. Lui: ''Handb ...
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Salford Quays
Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in 1982. History Built by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, Salford Docks was the larger of two that made up Manchester Docks; the other being Pomona Docks to the east which opened in 1903. They were opened in 1894 by Queen Victoria and spanned of water and of land. At their height the Manchester Docks were the third busiest port in Britain, but after containerisation and the limit placed on vessel size on the Manchester Ship Canal, the docks declined in the 1970s. They closed in 1982, resulting in the loss of 3,000 jobs. In 1983, Salford City Council acquired parts of the docks covering from the Manchester Ship Canal Company with the aid of a derelict land grant. The area was rebranded as Salford ...
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