The Media City Footbridge is a swing-mechanism footbridge over the

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near

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. It is an asymmetric

cable-stayed A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern ...

swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the swing span (turning span) can then pi ...

and was completed in 2011. It was designed by Gifford (now part of the

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) and

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. The pedestrian bridge links MediaCityUK with the

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on Trafford Wharf. It weighs 450 tonnes, and has two spans of . It swings through 71 degrees to give a navigation channel. The deck of the bridge is an orthotropic steel box.Bridge design
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 diameter. Above the water it is in diameter.

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