Editing Humber Bridge (section)

===Act of Parliament===
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| short_title           = Humber Bridge Act 1959
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the river Humber with approach roads and other works to constitute a Board and for other purposes.
| year                  = 1959
| citation              = [[7 & 8 Eliz. 2]]. c. xlvi
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| royal_assent          = 29 July 1959
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| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Eliz2/7-8/46/pdfs/ukla_19590046_en.pdf
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Plans for a bridge were drawn up in the 1930s when a team of engineers compiled a report on whether to bridge or tunnel the estuary. It was decided that a bridge would cost £1,750,000 over a tunnel which was costed at £7,200,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crossing the Humber |work=The Times |issue=45459 |date=12 March 1930 |page=11|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Revised plans were unveiled in 1955, but work did not begin until 27 July 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=Humber Bridge Plan Revived |work=The Times |issue=53304 |date=20 August 1955 |page=3|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> The '''{{visible anchor|Humber Bridge Act 1959}}''' ([[7 & 8 Eliz. 2]]. c. xlvi), was promoted by [[Kingston Upon Hull Corporation]] and established the Humber Bridge Board to manage and raise funds to build the bridge and buy the land required for the approach roads.<ref>{{cite web |title=Humber Bridge Act 2013 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2013/6/enacted |quote=The Humber Bridge Act 1959 established the Humber Bridge Board ("the Board") and conferred powers on it to construct and maintain a bridge across the river Humber, together with approach roads and other works |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] on behalf of [[Government of the United Kingdom|HM Government]] |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>