Mersey Gateway Bridge

Mersey Gateway Bridge
The Mersey Gateway, with the older Silver Jubilee Bridge in the distance
Coordinates	53°21′10″N 2°42′47″W / 53.3528°N 2.713°W / 53.3528; -2.713
Carries	A533
Crosses	River Mersey
Locale	Halton
Maintained by	Halton Borough Council
Website	www.merseygateway.co.uk
Followed by	Silver Jubilee Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Trough construction	Concrete and steel
Pier construction	Concrete
Total length	2.2 km (1.4 miles)
Width	30 metres (98 ft)
Height	125 metres (410 ft)
Longest span	318 metres (1,043 ft)
No. of spans	4
Piers in water	3
Load limit	53,000+ tonnes
Clearance below	25 metres (82 ft)
No. of lanes	6
History
Architect	Knight Architects
Engineering design by	COWI & FHECOR
Constructed by	Merseylink CCJV – Kier Infrastructure and Overseas FCC Construccion Samsung C&T ECUK Consortium
Construction start	May 2014
Construction end	October 2017
Construction cost	£600 million [1]
Opened	14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)
Inaugurated	14 June 2018
Statistics
Toll	£2 cars/small vehicles (£1.80 for those who have registered) (£10 per year for the majority of Halton residents) up to £8 HGVs[2]
Location

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Location of the bridge in Cheshire

The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a toll bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England, which spans the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. The crossing, which opened in October 2017, has three traffic lanes in each direction and is approximately 1.5 km (1 mile) east (upstream) of the older Silver Jubilee Bridge. It formed part of a wider project to upgrade the infrastructure around the Mersey crossings that included major civil engineering work to realign the road network, refurbish and add tolling to the Silver Jubilee Bridge, and build new interchanges.^[3]