Barton lift bridge

This bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal was constructed for Peel Land and Property and carried the A57 over the Manchester Sjip Canal. During testing in May 2016 the lifting equipment failed on the west side and the deck crashed down. This delayed the opening until the end of 2017 and the repaired concrete on the pillars is still obvious.

Howard Civil Engineering carried out civils works for the bridge with Cass Hayward as designer.