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
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