Mersey Bridge

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The new Mersey Bridge project covers the design, construction, financing, maintenance and operation of the bridge over the River Mersey in Liverpool, the United Kingdom, which is intended to eliminate the traffic problems of the existing bridge.The new bridge will be 2.13 kilometres long and provide service to over 80,000 vehicles a day.FCC was the successful bidder through a consortium in which it was participating, for both the concession and the construction. Its partners in the concession are Bilfinger, Sanef and Macquarie, whereas they are Samsung CT and Kier for the construction.The project consists of the construction of a new crossing over the River Mersey in Liverpool, with a total length of more than two kilometres, located to the east of the Silver Jubilee Bridge, which was opened in 1961 and currently suffering from serious traffic problems.The most singular element in the contract is the actual bridge itself, which is one kilometre long. It is a 42-metre wide braced structure with a maximum height of 125 metres. The project also includes the remodelling of seven kilometres of motorway access highways and the renovation of another 4.5 kilometres of motorway, together with various communication junctions.A free-flow multi-lane toll system will be installed at the crossings, which will enable toll fees to be collected by means of automatic reading of vehicles licence plates employing an advanced technological system that does not affect the traffic flow.

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