Millennium
Bridge - Salford Quays, Salford, UK
Architect
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W. Middleton of
Middleton Ltd
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Date
Built
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2000
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Location
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Beside the
Lowry Centre in the Salford Quays
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Description
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Also known as the Lowry Bridge, the
Millennium Bridge was built in 2000 to
provide pedestrians with access to the Lowry
Centre on the north bank of the Manchester
Ship Canal. Since the addition of the
Imperial War Museum on the north bank the
bridge has been of increasing importance.
It was designed as a lift bridge because the
Manchester Ship Canal is still navigable to
shipping beyong the bridge. The span
comprises a joined pair of bowstring arches
96 metres long which are lifted by
hydraulically driven winches assisted by
cast steel counterweights at each of the
four corner towers. Coloured glass
wind deflectors along each edge of the
bridge provide pedestrians some protection
from the wind.
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