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Humber Bridge
The Humber Bridge is a single-span road suspension bridge near Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. When it opened to traffic on 24 June 1981, it was the longest of its type in the world; the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge surpassed it in 1998, and it became the thirteenth-longest by 2024. The bridge spans the Humber (an estuary formed by the rivers Trent and Ouse), between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Hessle on the north bank, connecting the East Riding of Yorkshire with North Lincolnshire. Both sides of the bridge were in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside until its dissolution in 1996. The bridge can be seen for miles around, from as far as Patrington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and from out to sea miles off the coast. It is a Grade I listed building. By 2006, the bridge carried an average of 120,000 vehicles per week. The toll was £3.00 each way for cars (higher for commercial vehicles), which made it the most expensive toll crossing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A15 Road (Great Britain)
The A15 is a major road in England. It runs north from Peterborough via Market Deeping, Bourne, Sleaford and Lincoln along a variety of ancient, Roman, and Turnpike alignments before it is interrupted at its junction with the M180 near Scawby. The road restarts east, and then continues north past Barton-upon-Humber, crossing the Humber on the Humber Bridge before terminating at Hessle near Kingston upon Hull. Driving conditions According to the AA, the route is long and should take 2 hours. Norman Cross to Bourne takes 33 minutes, Bourne to Lincoln takes 46 minutes, and Lincoln to the Humber Bridge takes 54 minutes. A section of the A15 (between Scampton and the M180) provides the longest stretch of straight road in the UK. Route Peterborough The A15 is Peterborough's main connecting road from the south to the A1(M), joining near Stilton, at Norman Cross. It begins as ''London Road'' at junction 16 of the A1(M) with the B1043 (former A1) in Cambridgeshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-metropolitan County
A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government. The non-metropolitan counties were originally created in 1974 as part of a reform of local government in England and Wales, and were the top tier of a two-tier system of counties and districts. 21 non-metropolitan counties still use a two-tier system; 56 are unitary authorities, in which the functions of a county and district council have been combined in a single body. Berkshire has a unique structure. Non-metropolitan counties cover the majority of England with the exception of Greater London, the Isles of Scilly, and the six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and West Yorkshire. The non-metropolitan counties are all part of ceremonial counties. Some ceremonial counties, such as Norfolk, contain a single non-metropolitan county, but many contain more than one and it is also common for cere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A614 Road
The A614 is a main road in England running through the counties of Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Route Beginning at Redhill, Nottinghamshire, Redhill, the northernmost point in the Nottingham suburb of Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Arnold in Nottinghamshire, the road meets the A60 road, A60 and A6097 road, A6097 at Redhill roundabout The Leapool Roundabout started construction around June 1965, to take 12 months, costing £113,600, built by Dyggor Contractors of Station Road in Ilkeston; it was 360ft wide, and 600 yds of the A614 was diverted, north of the roundabout. It passes Bilsthorpe. At Rufford Abbey, Rufford there is a Center Parcs UK and Ireland, Center Parcs resort and Rufford Country Park. This is near to Edwinstowe, famed for its connections with Robin Hood. The road meets several other roads on a small roundabout at Ollerton with fuel stations and fast food outlets. The road passes Clumber Park and goes past the entrance to the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A63 Road
The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England between Leeds and Kingston upon Hull. A section between North Cave and Hull forms the eastward continuation of the M62 motorway and is part of the unsigned European route E20, Euroroute E20. Route Leeds to Howden The route from Leeds out to Selby runs roughly parallel, and between south of the route of the Leeds and Selby Railway. The route begins just east of Leeds city centre at a junction with the A61 road, A61, although, before its February 2009 realignment along the new East Leeds Link Road, it began at a junction with the A64 road, A64 in the Halton Moor area of the city (now signed as the B6159). The road passes through the Knowsthorpe and Cross Green, Leeds, Cross Green areas, as ''Pontefract Lane''; despite being of dual carriageway standard, this stretch is subject to a 40 mph speed limit, and incorporates peak-time High-occupancy vehicle lane, HOV lanes. At the end of this dual carriageway section, the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goole
Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's Historic counties of England, historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 20,475. It is north-east of Doncaster, south of York and west of Kingston upon Hull, Hull. The town has the United Kingdom's furthest inland port, being about from the North Sea. It is capable of handling nearly 2 million tonnes of cargo per year, making it one of the most important ports on England's east coast. Goole is twin towns and sister cities, twinned with Złotów in Poland. Goole was informally twinned with Gibraltar in the 1960s; at that time, Gibraltar Court was named in Goole and Goole Court was named in Gibraltar. History Etymology Goole is first attested in 1306, as ''Gull Lewth'' (where ''lewth'' means 'barn', from Old Norse ''hlaða''), and then 1362 as ''Gulle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouse Bridge (M62)
The Ouse Bridge is a reinforced concrete plate girder bridge that spans River Ouse between Goole and Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It carries the M62 and is situated between junctions 36 and 37. It was built between 1973 and 1976 by Costain and was designed by Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners. The bridge was officially opened to traffic on 24 May 1976 by nine-year-old Martin Brigham. History Traffic to and from Hull to the A1 historically went over Boothferry Bridge, on the A614, which was a swing bridge. The position of the bridge and the M62 resulted from a study carried out in 1964 by Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners. They would also design the bridge. It is a haunched girder bridge. Regional position The extension of the M18 (from the current M180), the M62, and the first part of (what would become) the M180 (to Scunthorpe only) was announced in Hull in September 1965. At that time, it would be five years before the M62 would cross the Penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M180 Motorway
The M180 is a motorway in eastern England, starting at junction 5 on the M18 motorway in Hatfield, within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and terminating at Barnetby, Lincolnshire, some from the port of Immingham and from the port of Grimsby. The A180 road continues to the east for Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Hull (via the Humber Bridge), Brigg, Bawtry and the Isle of Axholme can be accessed using the motorway. Humberside Airport, the now-closed Doncaster Sheffield Airport, and the Killingholme, Humber and Lindsey oil refineries are close to the motorway. The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E22 and is the main route along the south bank of the Humber Estuary. History Planning and construction The motorway bypass around Brigg was discussed for many years, but the Flixborough explosion gave it more importance, and was built three years later in 1977 as the second section of the motorway. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M18 Motorway (Great Britain)
The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. It runs from the east of Rotherham to Goole and is approximately long. A section of the road forms part of the unsigned International E-road network, Euroroute European route E13, E13. Route The M18 runs in a north-east–south-west direction from junction 32 of the M1 motorway to junction 35 of the M62 motorway. It passes east of Rotherham, south-east of Doncaster and Armthorpe, and west of Thorne, South Yorkshire, Thorne. It meets the A1 road (Great Britain), A1(M) at junction 2 (A1(M) junction 35) — known as the Wadworth Interchange — and the M180 motorway at junction 5. Access to Doncaster is provided from junctions 3 (A6182 road, A6182) and 4 (A630 road, A630) The middle half of the M18 is a two-lane dual carriageway, and carries relatively low volumes of traffic. However, the M1 to A1(M) section and M180 to M62 section are much busier, with three lanes in each direction, and there is a small three-lane secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M62 Motorway
The M62 is a west–east Pennines, trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull, Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; of the route Concurrency (road), is shared with the M60 motorway, M60 orbital motorway around Manchester. The road is part of the unsigned International E-road network, Euroroutes European route E20, E20 (Shannon, County Clare, Shannon to Saint Petersburg) and European route E22, E22 (Holyhead to Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, Ishim). The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor near Huddersfield and finishing at that time in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles, Greater Manchester, Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, its construction cost approximately £765 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Holland, North Lincolnshire
New Holland is a village, Civil parishes in England, civil parish and port on the Humber estuary in North Lincolnshire, England. In 2001 it had a population of 955, increasing marginally to 970 at the 2011 census. __TOC__ History New Holland was established in the early 19th century. It was initially the site of a small ferry site, but this grew in size over the early decades of the century. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway company established the The Lincoln Castle Hotel, Lincoln Castle Hotel (then as the "Yarborough Arms") and the terraced houses in Manchester Square. In 1870-1872 John Marius Wilson described the village in his ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'': HOLLAND (NEW), a sea port village in Barrow-upon-Humber parish, Lincoln; on the river Humber, and on the Grimsby and Sheffield Junction railway, opposite Hull, 4 miles E by N of Barton-upon-Humber. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Hull, a steamferry to Hull, a coast g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Holland Pier Railway Station
New Holland Pier railway station is a former railway terminus in North Lincolnshire, England. It stood at the seaward end of the New Holland Pier, which juts northwards into the Humber estuary at the village of New Holland, North Lincolnshire, New Holland. Its purpose was to enable railway passengers, vehicles and goods to transfer to and from Humber Ferry, ferries plying between New Holland and Kingston-upon-Hull, Hull. New Holland was a "railway village" in the sense that Crewe was a railway town. Expanding the dock, building the pier, the New Holland engine shed, engine shed and the railway to it were promoted and started by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, though by the time services began that railway had merged with others to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. For many years GCR laundry from restaurant cars and hotels was brought to New Holland for cleaning. History The station opened on 1 March 1848 following a Directors' tour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humber Ferry
The Humber Ferry was a ferry service on the Humber between Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and New Holland, Lincolnshire, England, which operated until the completion of the Humber Bridge in 1981. History The Norse-derived names of North Ferriby and South Ferriby suggest a ferry between them across the Humber Gap. The first record of a ferry across the Humber dates from 1315 when the Warden and Burgesses of Hull were granted a charter by King Edward II to run a ferry between Hull and Barton in Lincolnshire. Pedestrians were halfpenny each, horses one penny and a cart with two horses twopence. The Corporation of Hull purchased the leases for £3,000 in 1796 (£ in 2015) and both were relet in 1815. In 1826 a new service started by the New Holland Proprietors between Hull and New Holland. In 1832 they launched a paddle steamer called ''Magna Charta''. In his ''A Picturesque Tour to Thornton Monastery'', John Greenwood writing in 1835 records that the steam pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
