 Around 10,000 tonnes of steel was used in construction, which was carried out by Carillion under a private finance initiative contract, was made more difficult because many of the bridge's piers had to be built on marshland.A jacking mechanism was employed to move the sections of roadway into position from each end of the bridge, with the final two sections of deck lifted into place during November 2005.The bridge was opened on 3 July 2006, by the Minister of Transport, Stephen Ladyman.