Q 01/05

What structural type of bridge is the Humber Bridge?

A) Arch

B) Suspension

C) Cable-stayed

D) Truss

Answer · why

B) Suspension

Its deck hangs from two main cables slung between concrete towers, and it remains the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world that can be c...

Q 02/05

In what year was the Humber Bridge officially opened?

A) 1978

B) 1981

C) 1985

D) 1990

Answer · why

B) 1981

Traffic had already been using the bridge since 24 June; the royal ceremony that followed included a Red Arrows fly-past.

Q 03/05

What is the approximate length of the main span of the Humber Bridge?

A) 800 meters

B) 1,100 meters

C) 1,400 meters

D) 1,700 meters

Answer · why

C) 1,400 meters

That central span is still the longest in Britain and in the whole Western Hemisphere.

Q 04/05

The bridge over the Humber links Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank with which town on the north bank?

A) Hessle

B) Goole

C) Beverley

D) Brough

Answer · why

A) Hessle

Before the bridge, commuters crossed by the Humber Ferry from Corporation Pier in Hull to New Holland Pier in Lincolnshire.

Q 05/05

The estuary the Humber Bridge crosses is formed by the confluence of which two rivers?

A) Tyne and Wear

B) Don and Aire

C) Trent and Ouse

D) Hull and Derwent

Answer · why

C) Trent and Ouse

The bridge connects the East Riding of Yorkshire with North Lincolnshire across that tidal estuary.