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).

Name	Measurement
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

#	Name	Country	Span (Metres)	Opened
1	Akashi Kaikyo	Japan	1,991	1998
2	Xihoumen	China	1,650	2009
3	Great Belt	Denmark	1,624	1998
4	Yi Sun-sin	South Korea	1,545	2012
5	Runyang	China	1490	2005
6	Nanjing Fourth Yangtze	China	1,418	2012
7	Humber	England	1410	1981
8	Jiangyin Jiangsu	China	1385	1999
9	Tsing Ma	Hong Kong	1377	1997
10	Hardanger Bridge	Norway	1310	2013
11	Verrazano Narrows	U.S.A.	1298	1964
12	Golden Gate	U.S.A.	1,280	1937
12	Yangluo	China	1,280	2007
14	Hoga Kusten	Sweden	1210	1997
15	Aizhai	China.	1,176	2012
16	Mackinac	U.S.A.	1,158	1957
17	Ulsan	South Korea	1,150	2015
18	Qingshui River	China	1,130	2015
19	Huangpu	Japan	1,108	2008
20	Mihami Bison Seto	Japan	1,100	1988

There are extensive car, coach and lorry parking areas and toll plaza sited on the northern end of the bridge. Aircraft warning lights are fitted on the towers and for river traffic there are navigation lights fitted to the underside of the bridge deck. Emergency telephones and matrix signs are located along the bridge and early warning signs are provided on the approaches to the bridge. The Humber Bridge country park is situated on the north side in what used to be a chalk quarry until it closed in 1960 and it has been developed into an area of natural beauty. There are many trails to explore within the park and a play area on the foreshore.
There is also a Tourist Information Centre, Cafeteria and public toilets.