Ouse Bridge (M62)

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Ouse Bridge
Central spans over the Ouse
Coordinates	53°43′37″N 0°52′44″W / 53.727°N 0.879°W / 53.727; -0.879
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

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]