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Humber Bridge opens

1981 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Technology

Humber Bridge opens
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The Humber Bridge is a 2. 22-kilometre 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 it became the fourteenth-longest by 2025.

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