Humber Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge with diagonal hangers
|
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
|
| Built: | 1972 - 1981 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
|---|---|
| Crosses |
|
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 410 m | |
| total length | 2 220 m | |
| span lengths | 280 m - 1410 m - 530 m | |
| cables | number of cables | 2 |
| strands per cable | 37 | |
| wires per strand | 404 | |
| weight | 11 000 t | |
| wire diameter | 5 mm | |
| on-axis distance between cables at top of towers | 22.200 m | |
| deck | width | 28.500 m |
| deck depth | 4.500 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| roadway / carriageway width | 2 x 7.300 m | |
| sidewalk width | 2 x 3.000 m | |
| suspenders | wire diameter | 62 mm |
| towers | height | 155.50 m |
Quantities
| concrete weight | 480 000 t |
Materials
| cables |
steel wire
|
|---|---|
| deck |
steel
|
| suspenders |
steel wire
|
| towers |
reinforced concrete
|
Chronology
| 1959 | Passing of the Humber Bridge Act |
|---|---|
| July 1972 | Work begins on the south approaches |
| March 1973 | Work begins on the substructure |
| April 1973 | Work begins on the superstructure |
| May 1974 | North tower completed |
| July 1976 | Completion of south tower |
| September 1977 - July 1979 | Cable spinning |
| October 1979 | First box section of the superstructure is erected |
| July 1980 | Closing of the superstructure |
| 24 June 1981 | First traffic passes over the bridge |
| 17 July 1981 | Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1992 | Installation of a dehumidification system for the cable saddles and the main girder. |
Notes
The cable carrying the shorter side span has 800 more wires than the rest of the bridge.
Humber Bridge Tourist Information Centre
North Bank Viewing Area, Ferriby Road, Hessle HU13 OLN.
Tel: (01482) 640 852
Participants
Initial construction (1972-1981)
Design
Contractor
Co-contractor
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd. (superstructure)
- John Thompson Ltd. (superstructure)
- Redpath Dorman Long Ltd. (superstructure)
Subcontractor
- Tileman and Co. Ltd. (towers)
Installation of dehumidification system
Consulting engineers
Parapet replacement
Wind tunnel testing
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Roger Evans: bridgemaster, the Humber Bridge, in "The Structural Engineer", 6 March 2001, n. 5 v. 79
- Highlevel handover, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2007, n. 49
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 148-149
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 147
- In service modelling of the Humber Bridge, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 293-294
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 280-281
- Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 168-169
- Trio on trial, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2005, n. 40 v. 11
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 64-71
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000290 |
|---|---|
| Created: | 21/05/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |