The
Merchant's Bridge - Castlefield, Manchester, UK
Architect
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Whitby Bird
& Partners
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Date
Built
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1996
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Location
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Castlefield
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Description
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Built in 1996 by Whitby Bird and Partners, a
company with lots of experience in bridge
building, this elegant sweeping arch is
actually wider in the middle than at the
ends because it was expected that
pedestrians would want to stop in the middle
to enjoy the view.
The bridge won a number of awards including:
the Civic Trust Award 1998, Design Council
Millennium Product 1998 and the British
Construction Industry Award 1996 highly
commeded. It is made of white painted steel.
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