Humber Bridge, E Yorkshire / Lincolnshire - frm S Bank - Dennis postcard c1970s

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Humber Bridge from the South Bank - Yorkshire / Lincolnshire border
• Publisher:  Dennis H.1056L
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The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, England, is a 2,220 m (2,428 yards) single-span suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. It is the sixth-largest of its type in the world. 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 – both of which were previously in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside.

As of 2006^[update], the bridge carried an average of 120,000 vehicles per week.^[1] The toll was £3.00 each way for cars (higher for commercial vehicles), which made it the most expensive toll crossing in the United Kingdom.^[2] As of 1 April 2012, the toll was reduced to £1.50 each way after the UK government cut £150 million from the bridge's current debt.

Before the bridge opening, commuters would go from one bank to the other either by using the ferry that ran between Hull and New Holland, Lincolnshire or driving via the M62, M18 and M180 motorways, crossing the River Ouse near Goole (connected to the Humber) in the process. There was also a short-lived hovercraft service; Minerva and Mercury linked Hull Pier and Grimsby Docks from February to October 1969, but suffered frequent mechanical failures.

Plans for a bridge were originally drawn up in the 1930s, and were revised in 1955, but work did not begin until 27 July 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. However raising the necessary funding proved impossible until the 1966 Hull North by-election. To save his government, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson prevailed upon his Minister of Transport Barbara Castle to sanction the building of the bridge. Dismay at the long wait for a crossing led to the writing by Christopher Rowe of a protest song entitled ""The Humber Bridge"".^[5]

The bridge opened to traffic on 24 June 1981.^[6] It was opened officially by Elizabeth II on 17 July 1981.^[6] The consulting engineers for the project were Freeman Fox & Partners — now Hyder Consulting. The main contractor was Sir William Arrol & Co. at that time part of Northern Engineering Industries plc.^[7] The superstructure was built by a joint venture of Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, John Thompson and Dorman Long.^[7]

With a centre span of 1,410 metres (1,542 yd) and a total length of 2,220 metres (2,428 yd), the Humber Bridge was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world for 16 years. The road-distance between Hull and Grimsby was reduced by nearly 50 miles (80 km) as a consequence of the bridge.

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