ORDSALL ARCH LIFTED INTO PLACE

Bridge lift: span set to cross the river Irwell, photographed from Trinity Way on 21 February 2017.
Mike Haddon

A KEY milestone in the Ordsall Chord project has been reached with the lifting into place of two arches for the ‘network arch bridge’ crossing the river Irwell.

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