Manchester Airport link bridge installed for £1.3bn transformation programme

New Civil Engineer
Thomas Johnson
05 June 2024

Mace installed a new link bridge at Manchester Airport during a “very tight” window, as part of the £1.3bn terminal transformation programme.

The 216t two storey link bridge has been successfully maneuvered into place at Manchester Airport’s Terminal Two.

The new bridge will connect the existing terminal building to a new pier currently under construction, which will offer extra aircraft gates, stands and seating.

More than 270 pieces of steel went into constructing the new bridge, comprised of metal decking and 150mm concrete slab flooring.

The 27m long, 10m high bridge was pre-assembled on the airfield over the course of three months and then moved into its final place last week using a giant Shelf-Propelled Motorised Unit, a process which took eight hours.

Firms working on the link bridge included Mace, which is overseeing the second phase of the Man-TP project, and its supply chain partners, Martifer, Bethell, Amco, LPL Construction Services and DGP.

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