Hospital Sky Bridge Manchester, Grafton Street Helipad, Northwest England Healthcare, MRI and RMCH Photos
Manchester Hospital Corridor in the Sky Bridge Design
11 May 2021
Grafton Street Helipad Bridge in Manchester
Design: Sheppard Robson Architects
Location: Grafton Street, Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and Royal Manchester Children?s Hospital (RMCH), North West England, UK
Sheppard Robson?s ?Hospital Corridor in the Sky? bridge in Manchester completes
The link bridge will have a major role in connecting Manchester City Centre?s hospitals with the wider region
Suspended 18 metres above street-level lies the new Sheppard Robson-designed, 130m-long link bridge that will boost accident and emergency treatment by enabling critically ill or injured patients to be transported by helicopter directly to the city-centre hospitals from around the region. This includes transport to the Emergency Departments at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and Royal Manchester Children?s Hospital (RMCH) which are next to the link bridge.
Photos by Adrian Lambert
Developed in partnership with Bruntwood for the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), the link bridge runs from the helipad located on the roof of the Sheppard Robson-designed Grafton Street carpark into Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Prior to the link bridge, critically ill or injured adults, children and babies were flown to a secondary landing site in Platt Fields Park. Patients were then transferred by road ambulance to t...