BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER OUSE

The many crossings of the river Ouse are described, beginning with the Goole railway bridge, 10 1/2 miles above its confluence with the river Trent in the Humber estuary. This bridge is one of many swing bridges, is 830 ft long and was built in 1869. Interesting features include the control cabin mounted above the swinging span, the requirement for all equipment to be mounted on rotating joints and the facility for delivering coal to the central pier when the equipment was steam powered. The following bridge is the 72 ft high m62 motorway bridge which presents little problem to river traffic and beyond this is the previous lowest road crossing, the booth ferry swingbridge, providing a single navigational opening of 117 ft. Beyond here are the site of the old drax swingbridge, the selby road and rail bridges, the cawood toll bridge, naburn railway bridge and in the York area the skeldergate, ouse, lendal, scarborough railway and Clifton bridges. The history of each is described and their influence on river traffic is discussed. Mention is also made of the various locks, barges and ferries encountered and the riverside wharfs and shipyards are noted. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Waterway Productions Limited

  Dale Street
  Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Corrie, E
• Publication Date: 1987-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 42-45
• Serial:
  • Waterways World
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Waterway Productions Limited
  • ISSN: 0309-1422

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Freeways; History; Railroad tracks; Rivers; Swing bridges
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 9096: History; 1088: Inland waterway; 2752: Motorway; 3488: Swing bridge; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480096
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM