Media City Footbridge
The Media City Footbridge is a swing-mechanism footbridge over the Manchester Ship Canal near MediaCityUK. It is an asymmetric cable-stayed swing bridge and was completed in 2011.Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Trafford and Imperial War Museum North.
Old Trafford
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Old Trafford is a football stadium in the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,244 which was increased from 74,197 in the start of season 25/26, it is the largest club football stadium in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe. Old Trafford is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Media City Footbridge.
Imperial War Museum North
Museum
Photo: pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Imperial War Museum North is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. Imperial War Museum North is situated 630 feet south of Media City Footbridge.
The Lowry
Art gallery
Photo: Whittlepedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The Lowry is situated 870 feet east of Media City Footbridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include MediaCityUK and The Quays.
MediaCityUK
Neighborhood
Photo: Briangeorge1945, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MediaCityUK is a 200-acre mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the Quayside MediaCityUK shopping centre.
The Quays
The Quays covers the four areas of Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf, Old Trafford and Trafford Centre to the west of Manchester city centre.
Salford Quays
Suburb
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it faces Trafford across the canal.
Media City Footbridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: footbridge over the Manchester Ship Canal in the UK
- Categories: footbridge and transportation
- Location: Trafford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47138° or 53° 28′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.29998° or 2° 17′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C5VFPC2+H2OpenStreetMap ID
way 814003482OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q6805469
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