The Humber Bridge over the River Humber between North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire in the evening
The Humber Bridge viewed from the River Humber foreshore in the evening Constructed in 1981 the suspension bridge connects North Lincolnshire with the East Riding of Yorkshire The Humber Bridge is the fifth largest single span suspension bridge in the world near Kingston upon Hull in England It spans the Humber the estuary formed by the rivers Trent and Ouse between Barton upon Humber on the south bank and Hessle on the north bank connecting the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire The bridge carries an average of 120 000 vehicles per week Plans for a bridge were originally drawn up in the 1930s and were revised in 1955 but work did not begin until July 26 1972 The Humber Bridge Act promoted by Kingston Upon Hull Corporation was passed in 1959 This established the Humber Bridge Board in order to manage and raise funds to build the bridge and buy the land required for the approach roads The bridge was finally opened officially by the Queen on 17 July 1981 With a centre span of 1 410 metres 4 626 ft and a total length of 2 220 metres 7 283 ft the Humber Bridge was the longest single span suspension bridge in the world for 16 years Each tower consists of a pair of hollow vertical concrete columns each 155 5 metres 510 ft tall and tapering from 6 metres 20 ft square at the base to 4 5 metres 14 8 ft x 4 75 metres 15 6 ft at the top The bridge is designed to tolerate constant motion and bends more than 3 metres 10 ft in winds of 80 miles per hour 129 km h The towers although both vertical are not parallel being 36 millimetres 1 4 in further apart at the top than the bottom as a result of the curvature of the earth The north tower is on the bank and has foundations down to 8 metres 26 ft The south tower is in the water and descends to 36 metres 118 ft as a consequence of the shifting sandbanks that make up the estuary There is enough wire in the suspension cables to circle the Earth nearly twice The bridge
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