Case Study—36m curved bridge, New Islington, Manchester Details –Job 3998 Client: G B Building Solutions for Manchester City Council Location: New Islington, Manchester Length: 36m Width: 2.5m—3.0m varied width Form: Triangular steel truss supporting cantilevered deck Project Description A boomerang shaped bridge concept was the successful solution submitted by Gollifer Langston Architects and Michael Hadi Associates Consulting Engineers for a RIBA competition run by Urban Splash in 2008. The brief was to connect three footpaths coming in from different directions and at differing levels and this was achieved by utilising a curved boomerang shape to connect the three access points. CTS Bridges were approached to design, build and install a replacement structure as

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