FCC Construcción’s Mersey Gateway project featured in New Civil Engineer magazine
The FCC Construcción Mersey Gateway project is the star of the January 2018 edition of the prestigious New Civil Engineer magazine.
The leading article in the magazine describes the new bridge and the main objective of this major civil engineering work, recognised by KPMG as among the 100 most important infrastructure projects in the world.
Mersey Gateway
The bridge has a total length of 2,248 metres with a central section of approximately one kilometre and two viaducts. There are four spans supported by three pylons in the Mersey estuary. This unique work has a unique design. The central pylon is 80 m high and is lower than the other two pylons – 110 metres on the north side and 125 m on the south side – with 1,296 km of cables connecting these pylons to the bridge deck. The new road system includes 12 bridges and seven new junctions using 127,425 m3 of concrete. The project was undertaken to the highest environmental standards with the bridge designed for minimum environmental effect – 1,423,225 tonnes of materials were recovered and re-used in the construction.
Some 4,600 persons were employed directly and indirectly in the construction, operation and maintenance of the new bridge. The project will benefit not only the Liverpool area, with a population of more than 1.6 million, but also the north-west area of England.