The design was revealed today for the £1.8 million glass footbridge that will span Wolverhampton’s ring road and become the city’s newest striking landmark.

It will stand almost 20ft over one of the city’s busiest routes to link the new £22.5 million bus station with the railway station.

Drivers were today being warned of three weeks of delays and disruptions on Ring Road St David’s when work starts to create the new bridge. Both sides of the carriageway on Ring Road St David’s, between Bilston Street island and the bottom Broad Street, will be closed daily from 7pm to 7am while the project takes place.

Work will start on April 9 after Wolves and Everton fans have left the city centre following their match. The final closure will be on May 2.

On April 10, April 30 and May 1 the carriageway will be closed all day.

Wolverhampton regeneration chief Peter Bilson said: “This is a new landmark for Wolverhampton and will be a visually impressive and safe connection for pedestrians between the new bus station and our railway station.

“Clearly it is a major job. It will require a section of the ring road to shut at night and at weekends but care is being taken to minimise disruption by programming the work at times when the roads are least busy.”

The bridge will be fully lit at night and be partially covered by a canopy. It is planned to build a new rail station, extend the existing car park and build a hotel and canalside bars but the main phase is short of funding.