The Humber Bridge is the British bridge opened in 1981 that crosses the Humber and once had the world’s longest suspension-bridge span.
The bridge links Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire with Hessle in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Its 1,410-metre main span made it the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world when it opened on 24 June 1981.
It held that record until 1998, when Japan’s Akashi Kaikyō Bridge surpassed it. The Humber crossing remains one of Britain’s major suspension bridges, with two tall towers and long approach viaducts carrying road traffic across the wide estuary.
The bridge is sometimes mistaken for a crossing of the nearby River Ouse, but its name identifies the Humber estuary. It was built after decades of proposals for a fixed crossing and significantly reduced travel between northern Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.