Editing Humber Bridge (section)

===1966 Kingston upon Hull North by-election===
The allocation of funds proved impossible until the [[1966 Kingston upon Hull North by-election]]. Labour Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] prevailed upon his [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister of Transport]] [[Barbara Castle]] to sanction the building of the bridge.<ref>{{cite news |last=Millward |first=David |title=Humber Bridge set to be electoral bribe again |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7560187/Humber-Bridge-set-to-be-electoral-bribe-again.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=7 April 2010 |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> Dismay at the long wait for a crossing led to Christopher Rowe writing a protest song, "The Humber Bridge".<ref>{{cite web |title=Songs for Humberside |url=https://www.goole-on-the-web.org.uk/vol2/songs-for-humberside.html |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>