Landmark bridge project moves forward

A Swansea regeneration scheme is moving forward this week as sections of a landmark bridge arrive on site.The first four huge steel panels of a landmark bridge have started to arrive in the city where they will be fitted together over the coming months.The bridge is due to be installed in one piece over the main Oystermouth Road early in the New Year for finishing touches to be carried out. It is due to be opened for pedestrians and cyclists in the second half of 2021.The panels are being delivered by a steel fabrication firm in Yorkshire and will travel along the M4 and Fabian Way.Smaller loads will follow in the next two weeks; these will carry the panels that will form the bridge’s sides and apex.Once installed the bridge will link two sides of the Swansea Central Phase One scheme – a 3,500-capacity arena, parkland and parking on the LC side; homes, commercial units and more parking on the city centre side.The pattern on the bridge’s side panels have been designed by Swansea artist Marc Rees and created in collaboration with architects’ firm ACME.A small footbridge over Oystermouth Road was removed to make way for the new landmark.