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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 it became the thirteenth-longest by 2024.
Chicago Avenue Bridge Extant Simple trunnion bascule: 1914 1999 Chicago Avenue: North Branch of Chicago River: Chicago: Cook: IL-145: Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge: Extant Cantilever: 1958 2001 Chicago Skyway: Calumet River: Chicago: Cook
The Humber Bridge was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world from its construction in 1981 until 1998. It is now the twelfth longest. Before the bridge was built, a series of paddle steamers operated from the Corporation Pier railway station [17] at the Victoria Pier in Hull to the railway pier in New Holland.
The one-lane bridge carries Robert Parker Coffin Road over Buffalo Creek in Long Grove, a village located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Chicago, Illinois. [2]: 4 It connects the Long Grove Community Church to the southwest with downtown Long Grove, formed at the road's intersection with Old McHenry Road, to the northeast.
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The Humber Bridge began construction (on the south-side embankment) in July 1972, and the Ouse Bridge followed only six months later; both were being built at the same time, and the Humber Bridge opened five years after the Ouse Bridge. Costain built the 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southern approach road from the Humber Bridge to the A1077 at the ...
Some of her earliest memories are of the bridge being built, a feat of modern engineering taking shape right in her family’s backyard. When it opened to cars in 1977, the 1.6-mile (2.6-kilometer ...
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