Until 1998 the Humber Bridge had the longest single span of any bridge in the world. It represented a considerable achievement for British engineering design and construction. The Bridge was built by many contractors the main ones were John Howard & Co (sub structure) and British Bridge Builders, this was a consortium formed by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd, Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd and Redpath Dorman Long Ltd. (super structure). The bridge was designed by Freeman Fox and Partners.( now Acer Freeman).

Main Span	1,410 metres
Side Span, North Side Span, South	280 metres 530 metres
Total length between anchorages	2,220 metres
Clearance over high water	30 metres
Carriageways	Dual two-lane carriageway plus separate footpaths
Total deck width (Including footpaths)	28.5 metres
Tower height above piers	155.5 metres
Main cables	Two cables, each of 14,948 wires of 5mm diameter and 1,540 N/mm2 UTS plus an additional 800 similar wires in each cable on the Hessle side
Diameter of main cables	0.68 metres
Total length of wire	71.000 kilometres
Load in each cable	19,400 tonnes
Weight of steel:               deck structure               main cables	16,500 tonnes 11,000 tonnes
Total weight in concrete	480,000 tonnes
Depth of foundations:
Anchorage, North side Anchorage, South side	21 metres 35 metres
Tower, North side Tower, South side	8 metres 36 metres