The Humber Bridge, Hull’s shortcut to the south is the city’s biggest landmark at a towering 155.5 meters and a span of 1,410 meters long connecting Hull’s suburban town of Hessle with Barton-Upon-Humber across the the Humber.
Plans started to be created for how a bridge might look as early as 1930, however they were never put into place until a revision and 42 years later in 1972. In 1966 the funds finally became available with the election of prime minister Harold Wilson.
During construction, sections of the road deck were raised up on barges to be set into place. However, on March 21st, 1980 some of the cables lifting these pieces failed and resulted in large pieces of the bridge as seen in the photo above being suspended over roadways for a short period of time.
The bridge was finally finished in 1981 with Queen Elizabeth II on July 17th, 1981 opening to traffic a week later.
Since then the bridge has stood as Hull’s most recognizable site, being featured in many tourist’s photo albums and standing as the longest single-span road suspension bridge in the world until 1998 and a symbol of our unification with the rest of England.
- Dakota Morrill
Padoo Homes
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