Delving into the archives... here's a hazy morning view of the 'Humber bridge' - pictured from the North bank The Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, in Yorkshire, is a 2.22-kilometre 1.38 milei..single-span road suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. The bridge was the longest of its type in the world; it was not surpassed until 1998, with the completion of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, and is now the eleventh-longest.