Humber Bridge July 1981. With a centre span of and a total length of , the Humber Bridge was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world for 17 years, until Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opened on 5 April 1998. The road-distance between Hull and Grimsby was reduced by nearly as a consequence of the bridge. The bridge's surface takes the form of a dual carriageway with a lower-level foot and cyclepath on both sides. There is a permanent speed limit on the full length of the bridge. Each tower consists of a pair of hollow vertical concrete columns, each tall and
Hålogaland Bridge Hålogaland Bridge The Hålogaland Bridge () is a suspension bridge which crosses the Rombaksfjorden in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. As the second-longest bridge span in Norway, it is part of the European Route E6 highway. It will shorten the driving distance from Narvik to Bjerkvik by and from Narvik to Bjørnfjell, via European Route E10 by . The bridge was estimated to cost . Financing came from a mix of state grants and tolls. The bridge lies above the Arctic Circle and is the longest suspension bridge within the Arctic Circle at the time of its