Plans have been submitted for a dramatic revolving cable-stayed footbridge at The Quays in Manchester, north west England.

Gifford, Bennetts Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects are the designers of the bridge, which will move in its entirety as it opens to allow passage along the Ship Canal.

The bridge will provide a link between South Quay in Trafford and the site of a media complex that is being developed at North Quay in Salford. MediaCityUK will be the base for five BBC departments from 2011.