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Ouse Bridge | |
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![]() Central spans over the Ouse | |
Coordinates | 53°43′37″N 0°52′44″W / 53.727°N 0.879°W |
OS grid reference | NZ256639 |
Carries | Road Motor Vehicles (M62) |
Crosses | River Ouse |
Locale | Goole |
Maintained by | National Highways |
Preceded by | Boothferry Bridge |
Followed by | Goole railway swing bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Plate girder bridge |
Material | Reinforced concrete |
Total length | 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) |
Height | 30 metres (98 ft) |
Longest span | 89 metres (292 ft) (three main spans) |
No. of spans | 29 |
Piers in water | 4 |
History | |
Designer | Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners |
Constructed by | Costain |
Fabrication by | Redpath Dorman Long |
Construction start | January 1973 |
Construction end | May 1976 |
Construction cost | £6.75 million |
Inaugurated | 24 May 1976 |
Location | |
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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.[1]
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