Place North West | Eric Wright completes £5.9m East Manchester civils project
Neil Tague The Lancashire construction group’s civil engineering division has finished improvement works for the city council to remove the notorious pinch-point on the A57 Hyde Road in Gorton. The pinch point had been created by a 19th century railway bridge and retaining wall, while the solution saw a replacement 26-tonne steel foot and cycle bridge lifted into place. The new bridge forms part of the Fallowfield Loop walking and cycleway, additions to which are an important part of the city region’s Bee Network plans. Additional works included moving the retaining wall and realigning th...