[2] The pedestrian bridge links MediaCityUK with the Imperial War Museum North on Trafford Wharf.
It swings through 71 degrees to give a 48-metre (157 ft) navigation channel.
[4] The bridge is supported by eight tapered steel fanned masts.
It was built by Balfour Beatty, with the steel fabrication by Rowecord Engineering of Newport, South Wales.
[citation needed] The swing mechanism is built on a reinforced concrete caisson foundation of 13 metres (43 ft) diameter.