Welcome to Hull’s River Bridges, an on-line tour of the bridges over the River Hull for Heritage Open Days in 2025, whose theme this year is Architecture: Buildings, Bridges and Beehives, exploring how we’ve designed and built the world around us.
Hull’s River Bridges explores the history of the bridges, past & present, inside & out, with previously unpublished original architectural plans and photographs, contemporary art and personal memories & stories.
The River Hull meanders through the city as it makes its way to the Humber. No other city in the world has all opening bridges over such a short distance of navigable river.
The bridges are integral to the city’s heritage and culture that span the river connecting the east with the west. This is a celebration not only of the history and architecture of the bridges but of the unique place they hold in the city’s collective psyche.
We hope you enjoy looking around Hull’s River Bridges.
Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard
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Open Bridges is an independent not for profit project conceived and run by Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard. We are continuing to gather and publish stories and photographs of life on and around the River Hull and inland waterways. Keep an eye on the blog tab in the menu for the latest posts.