Hull’s River Bridges: Myton SWing Bridge 1980
Myton Bridge is a two-span single-pylon cable-stayed steel construction swing bridge designed by Freeman Fox and built by Redpath Dorman Long Ltd. It spans the River Hull at Castle Street carrying six lanes of traffic on the A63 and opened in December 1980. Its main span is 55 metres and has a horizontal navigational clearance of 30 metres. (Source: Structurae)
The photographs below show the bridge in construction, at completion, working, and from an early (and grainy) visit to the bridge in 2013.
Peter Marshall: Myton Bridge, Hull 1980
The photograph in the gallery above right is by Nigel Holland for the Hull Daily Mail in 1978 who’s written: “a panoramic view of the swing bridge under construction on the River Hull. The bridge opens horizontally and is part of the Hull South Orbital Road Scheme. Its purpose is to ease congestion to and from the Dockland areas of East Hull and provide access to West Hull the south and the West Riding. The bridge pivot section can be seen to the right (semi-circular shape)”. Both images HDM Archive
Myton opens for road traffic in 1980 taken from the Tidal Barrier by George Parkes
The tug Gillian Knight pulls one of the new Stoneferry Bridge cantilevers through a wide open Myton Bridge, by George Parkes, late 80s
The bridge over the river Hull is closed for maintenance Sunday 20th October 2013. Centre background: the Premier Inn, Tower Street © Bernard Sharp and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Myton Bridge and Humber Rescue at Open Bridges by Stuart McLelland
Dean’s Marine Lashette guides the Arctic Corsair through Myton Bridge in August 2019
Myton Bridge 2013
Rich and Lou Duffy-Howard
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