The gradient of the road on the approach to the bridge is 1 in 33. Construction The Ouse Bridge Contract for £6.75 million (£ million in ) was awarded in January 1973 to a consortium of Costain Civil Engineering and Redpath Dorman Long. There were 120 large steel cylinder piles of diameter and long driven into the ground by a self-elevating platform barge with a steam hammer. These were carried out by Raymond International. The steelwork was fabricated at RDL works in Teesside. There were steel supply problems. In July 1975 there was a partial collapse of a military trestle on pier 15. Opening It was opened on 24 May 1976 by nine-year-old Martin Brigham, who had been handed the scissors at the last moment by Minister of Transport John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, who was to have opened it. It was the last section of the main part of the M62 to open, comprising . The M62 had taken 15 years and cost £190 million. The A63 Caves Bypass and M62 Balkholme sections (built by Clugston Construction) had opened on 19 February 1976. The Balkholme to Caves section was the first use on a UK motorway of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP), which has no transverse joints. Repair In 2022 a partial failure of a joint on the eastbound carriageway was identified after it was discovered that increased vibration from traffic had started to damage the concrete under lane three and a bridge joint, which allows the carriageway to expand and contract with the weather. Temporary bridging plates were installed over the damaged bridge joints as a temporary mitigation measure followed by the critically damaged joints on the eastbound carriageway being replaced by spring 2023. References External links Motorway Archive Construction East Riding bridges Structurae Bridges across the River Ouse, Yorkshire Bridges completed in 1976 Bridges in the East Riding of Yorkshire Concrete bridges in the United Kingdom Motorway bridges in England Plate girder bridges Road bridges in England 1976 establishments in England M62 motorway Goole