New Footscray Hospital pedestrian footbridge connects health and education

[Text on screen: The new Footscray Hospital is at the heart of a new health and education precinct for Melbourne’s West]

[Images: Time lapse footage of the bridge being lifted into place via a large crane]

[Text on screen: A new 57-metre public pedestrian footbridge has been installed over Ballarat Road connecting the hospital with Victoria University’s Footscray Park campus]

[Images: Early morning time lapse footage of the crane and counterweights being assembled on a closed off section of Ballarat Road, followed by aerial view of the bridge and crane at sunrise]  

[Text on screen: Weighing 120 tonnes, the footbridge provides students, staff and visitors with a direct link between Victoria University and the new hospital’s dedicated health and education centre]

[Images: worker on a platform connecting bridge section to crane chains and bridge being moved into position]

[Images: time lapse footage of bridge being lifted, turned and installed in place between the new Footscray Hospital and Victoria University]

[Images: aerial views of the bridge being installed, and a final shot of the bridge in place seen from the air with the CBD in the background]

[Text on screen: Your new Footscray Hospital is on track to open in 2025]

[a sliding transition screen with the text ‘In partnership with Western Health (logo); Plenary Health (logo) and Victoria University (logo)]

[Images: A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the URL vhba.vic.gov.au]

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