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When built, between 1973 and 1981, the '''Humber Bridge''' was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world until 1998. It crosses the River [[Humber]] between [[East Yorkshire]] and [[North Lincolnshire]], carrying around 120,000 vehicles every week. Its construction had the political underpinning of a wish to unite the two banks of the Humber in a new county - [[Humberside]] - which was instituted in 1974 but lasted barely two decades before its abolition.
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When built, between 1973 and 1981, the '''Humber Bridge''' was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world. It crosses the River [[Humber]] between [[East Yorkshire]] and [[North Lincolnshire]], but carries little traffic and is mockingly known (to those on the Yorkshire side) as the 'bridge to nowhere'. Its construction had the political underpinning of a wish to unite the two banks of the Humber in a new county - [[Humberside]] - which was instituted in 1974 but lasted barely two decades before its abolition.
    
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