Mersey Gateway bridge progress
Posted on 31 Jul 2014 and read 1346 times
Work on the £600 million Mersey Gateway bridge has ‘moved forward’ with the arrival of two 137-tonne cranes, which were transported via the Manchester Ship Canal to Wigg Island in Runcorn.
The 47m-tall cranes will be used to build a temporary trestle bridge across the river. This will give construction crews access to the estuary, so that they can start work on building the new bridge.
Stephen Cardwell, project director for the Merseylink Construction joint venture, said: “Being able to use a historic local waterway to transport our construction equipment has been of great benefit to the project.
“We have been able to use a sustainable transport method that, in turn, has reduced the need for large slow-moving equipment to use the local roads.”