THE HUMBER BRIDGE...
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The Humber Bridge is a 2.22 km (2,430 yd; 7,300 ft; 1.38 mi) single-span road suspension bridge near Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
When it opened to traffic on 24 June 1981, it was the longest of its type in the world; the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge surpassed it in 1998, and so, is now the twelfth-longest.
The bridge spans the Humber (an 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 with North Lincolnshire.
Both sides of the bridge were in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside until its dissolution in 1996.
The bridge can be seen for miles around, from as far as Patrington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and from out to sea miles off the coast.
It is a Grade I listed building.
By 2006, the bridge carried an average of 120,000 vehicles per week.
Cable spinning took place between September 1977 and July 1979.
Each cable weighs 5,500 t (5,400 long tons), with 37 strands of 404 lengths of cable.
The cable on the northern span has four extra strands.
Each cable can take a load of 19,400 t (19,100 long tons).
Have a glorious day and thank you, M, (*_*)
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THE HUMBER BRIDGE...
#AbFav_BRIDGES_ 🌉
The Humber Bridge is a 2.22 km (2,430 yd; 7,300 ft; 1.38 mi) single-span road suspension bridge near Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
When it opened to traffic on 24 June 1981, it was the longest of its type in the world; the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge surpassed it in 1998, and so, is now the twelfth-longest.
The bridge spans the Humber (an 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 with North Lincolnshire.
Both sides of the bridge were in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside until its dissolution in 1996.
The bridge can be seen for miles around, from as far as Patrington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and from out to sea miles off the coast.
It is a Grade I listed building.
By 2006, the bridge carried an average of 120,000 vehicles per week.
Cable spinning took place between September 1977 and July 1979.
Each cable weighs 5,500 t (5,400 long tons), with 37 strands of 404 lengths of cable.
The cable on the northern span has four extra strands.
Each cable can take a load of 19,400 t (19,100 long tons).
Have a glorious day and thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Bridge, Humber, Hull, Yorkshire, river, blue, cables, mist, morning, sky, colourful, "Nikon D7200", colour, vertical, "Magda indigo"