Myton Swing Bridge
road bridge in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
History
The bridge, which was opened to traffic in December 1980 is an asymmetric cable-stayed box girder swing bridge, located 350 metres (1,150 ft) north of the mouth of the River Hull into the Humber Estuary, Kingston upon Hull. The bridge was tendered at £5.5 million in 1977, but its eventual cost was £8 million (equivalent to £30,841,000 in 2025) when it was opened to traffic as part of the A63 Garrison Road in 1981. The A63 road connects Hull with the M62 in the west, and the bridge enabled the docks areas of Hull to connect into the dual carriageway network avoiding the city centre. The road the bridge carries was renamed in 2018 to the Roger Millward Way, after a local sporting hero. Initially it was maintained by Humberside County Council, but after its abolition in March 1993, the bridge has been looked after by Hull City Council. Upon approval of the bridge as part of the south orbital road, it was known as south bridge, with the A165 road having North Bridge as its name.
The public source identifies “Myton Swing Bridge” as road bridge in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Myton, Swing and Bridge.
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