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Top of Page/Return to Gallery
Gatwick Airport Pier 4 - 6
Connector Photographer: Steve Shuttleworth August 2003 - July 2004 © Copyright Protected steve@paradox-images.co.uk |
Part of the £100 million
Gatwick Airport expansion program was to build a connecting bridge between
pier 4 and pier 6 to provide a pedestrian link for passengers, with travelators
and walkways in both directions, and a glazed façade giving passengers
unique and spectacular views across the airfield. Moving the bridge into place at the busiest single runway international airport in the world posed a significant logistical challenge. The prefabricated bridge was assembled on a site on the north west boundary of the airfield and transported 1.5km to the Pier 6 site on the airport itself by SMPT's (self propelled modular trailers).The 2,600 tonne structure was then lifted into position, before the addition of two Y-shaped pylons to support the structure. |
Structure
type: |
Trapezoidal spined Bridge |
| Project Title: | Gatwick Pier 4 - 6 Connector Bridge |
| Steel Fabricator/erector: | Watson Steel |
| Client: | British Airports Authority |
| Main Contractor: | Mace |
| Tonnage: | 2600 |
| Town: | Gatwick Airport |
| Country: | UK |
Click on a thumbnail to enlarge |