Mersey Gateway Bridge
Harmony between design and construction
The Mersey Gateway Bridge won the prestigious IABSE Outstanding Structure Award 2019, described by the judges as "an elegantly integrated solution for a multi-span concrete cable-stay bridge in which form follows function".
- Location
- Halton, England, UK
- Category
- Road Bridges and Tunnels
- Year
- 2013 - 2017
- Client
- Merseylink
- Collaborators
- Samsung C&T Corporation / FCC Construcción S.A / Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited / Flint & Neill / URS / Eptisa / Fhecor
- Size
- 2.1 km
- Award
- Outstanding Structure Award 2019, IABSE
The design for the Mersey Gateway Bridge was selected from a vast number of options, providing maximum benefits for users and having minimal impact on the estuary and its surrounding environment. It provides a much-needed new crossing for the River Mersey near Liverpool, and it is a catalyst for growth in the region. The bridge received the IABSE award for its harmony between design, construction and landscape.
The Mersey Gateway Bridge delivers transport and environmental benefits by reducing travel times across the river and by keeping traffic free-flowing. The Mersey Gateway Bridge delivers transport and environmental benefits by reducing travel times and by keeping traffic free-flowing. Cycling and walking routes have also become more user-friendly, and it has improved traffic safety and reduced congestion in Halton and the North West.
The 80-metre high central tower is shorter than the two outer towers, which will are 110 metres high (north tower) and 125 metres high (south tower). The construction of the Merseylink