Humber Bridge single-span suspension bridge for 16 years from its opening in July 1981, until the opening of the Great Belt Bridge in June 1997, and was relegated to third place with the opening of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in April 1998. It is now the eighth longest single-span suspension bridge. The central span, at 1410 m (4640 ft), is the UK's longest. It remains the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world that one can cross on foot or by bicycle. The bridge is crossed twice during the annual Humber Bridge half marathon. In July 2013, work began on introducing a
Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge within the Kawarau Gorge which is in the Wakatipu Basin. It is above the Kawarau River. The bridge was designed by Harry Paisley Higginson. The bridge was completed in late 1880, and formed a key access route to the Central Otago goldfields. It was replaced by a new highway bridge on State Highway 6 in 1963. It is classified by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I historic place. The bridge is known by a variety of names including; "Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge", "Kawarau Suspension Bridge", "Kawarau bridge" and "Kawarau Bungy Bridge". Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge The