A bridge under construction collapsed into a river in Manchester this morning.
The collapse happened near the M60’s Barton Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal and emergency services were called to the scene.
Nobody is believed to have been injured in the incident which witnesses have described as sounding like an earthquake.
Reports suggest the collapse happened on a lifting bridge that is currently under construction.
The part that appears to have collapsed is between four pillars at the site.
According to the Manchester Evening News the bridge is part of a £50million traffic improvement scheme near the M60.
One eye-witness, working near to the scene, tweeted: ‘I’m working on a building site near the bridge and I heard a huge rumble that shook the whole building.’
Another wrote: ‘Fire and ambulances deployed. Massive noise and smoke like something fell.’
A spokesman for the North West Ambulance Service said paramedic crews had been despatched to the scene, but only as a precaution.
There were no reports of any injuries, or people trapped. Everyone at the construction site had been accounted for.
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