M8 footbridge, Glasgow

Severfield's bridge team have worked alongside BAM Nuttall and Glasgow City Council to supply and install the steelwork for this new 58-metre-long pedestrian and cyclist footbridge. The new bridge will connect Sighthill to the nearby city centre as part of a £250 million regeneration of the area, which will offer affordable housing within walking distance of Strathclyde University, Queen Street Station and Glasgow's most popular shopping locations.

Severfield provided 17 complex steel assemblies, which were transported to a temporary offsite location and welded together whilst on temporary trestles. Due to the stringent requirements of this project, all individual bridge sections that formed the full length of the bridge were trial fitted and assembled to each other during the manufacturing process by our experienced team of bridge specialists at our Lostock production facility.

The Group also manufactured and transported the curved abutments as one complete assembly, which were then then lifted into position by crane, ready to receive the bridge.

Once all the fabrication was completed, the bridge structure was then jacked up onto a Self-Propelled Modular Transporter ('SPMT') in preparation for the final erection process. The skilled team carefully oversaw the bridge being moved into its final location between abutments and connected with a number of curved infill plates to complete the eye-catching structure. The erection was a complex operation which required a section of the motorway to be shut overnight to ensure safe and smooth construction.