Editing Humber Bridge (section)

===Design===
[[File:Humber Bridge under construction - geograph.org.uk - 1599900.jpg|thumb|The deck under construction in May 1980. The deck was erected between October 1979 and July 1980.]]
The [[consulting engineer]]s for the project were [[Freeman Fox & Partners]] (now [[Arcadis NV]]). Sir [[Ralph Freeman (civil engineer, born 1880)|Ralph Freeman]] had produced the first ideas in 1927 and in the early 1930s the cost of the project was estimated at £1.725&nbsp;million and that the bridge would be unlikely to recoup the construction or maintenance costs. In 1935 he had an idea for a {{cvt|4500|ft|m}} suspension bridge for the Humber Tunnel Executive Committee. Sir [[Gilbert Roberts]] produced more ideas in 1955 for a bridge with a {{cvt|4500|ft|m}} central span, costing £15&nbsp;million, to be paid for by [[East Riding County Council]] and [[Lindsey County Council]]. When it became likely that a bridge would be constructed, [[Imperial College London|Imperial College]]-educated [[Bernard Wex]] OBE (1922–1990) produced the design in 1964 that was actually built.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-27-mn-28-story.html|title=Bernard Wex; British Bridge Designer|date=27 August 1990|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> The bridge was built to last 120 years.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |title=How we made the Humber Bridge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/sep/17/strachan-stockwell-humber-bridge |work=The Guardian |date=17 September 2012 |access-date=22 January 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The architect was R. E. Slater [[Royal Institute of British Architects|ARIBA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Engineering Timelines – Humber Bridge |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=76 |publisher=engineering-timelines.com |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> The administration building (for the tolls) was designed by Parker & Rosner. The landscaping was designed by Prof Arnold Weddle. [[Wind tunnel]] testing took place at the National Maritime Institute (now part of [[BMT Limited]]) at [[Teddington]], and the road deck was designed for wind speeds up to {{convert|105|mph|-1}}, but storms featuring considerably lower wind speeds have been cited as grounds for emergency repairs in recent years.{{cn|date=March 2025}}