Myton Swing Bridge
Road bridge in Hull, Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myton Swing Bridge is a road bridge over the River Hull, in the city of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The bridge carries the A63 road through the south of the city connecting the west and east regions of Hull. Designed by the firm of Freeman Fox and Partners, with engineering undertaken by Cleveland Bridge, it was the largest swing bridge in Britain when it was opened in 1980. The bridge was expected to carry 30,000 vehicles a week, but by 2004, it was carrying 40,000 vehicles a day.
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Myton Swing Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 53.7408°N 0.3304°W / 53.7408; -0.3304 |
OS grid reference | TA102284 |
Carries | A63 road |
Crosses | River Hull |
Locale | Kingston upon Hull |
Owner | National Highways |
Maintained by | Hull City Council |
Next upstream | Scale Lane Footbridge |
Next downstream | River Hull tidal surge barrier |
Characteristics | |
Design | Box girder |
Material | Steel Concrete Asphalt |
Piers in water | 2 |
History | |
Designer | Bernard Wex |
Engineering design by | Cleveland Bridge |
Construction start | 1979 |
Construction cost | £8 million (1981) |
Opened | December 1980 |
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