This is a list of current bridges and other crossings of the River Ouse in Yorkshire, and are listed from Ouse Gill Beck downstream to the river's mouth. The River Ouse is listed on mapping as starting where the Ouse Gill Beck enters the River Ure, just south of the village of Great Ouseburn, (). The Ouse joins the River Trent at Trent Falls, and becomes The Humber, travelling between Great Ouseburn and Trent Falls. Thereafter, there is only one other bridge, the Humber Bridge, before the river flows into the sea.
Great Ouseburn to river mouth
Crossing Location Type Co-ordinates Date openedListing NotesPhotoLinton LockLinton-on-OuseFoot 1767Grade IILock on the navigable River OuseSkelton BridgeNether PoppletonRailway 1839/1942N/ATwin-track railway bridge carrying the ECML, built by John Green, and single span line bridge built adjacent to Skelton Bridge to the west in 1942.A1237 BridgeNether PoppletonRoad 1987N/ACarries northern York Ring RoadClifton BridgeCliftonRoad 1963N/ACarries the A1176 road. Temporary bridge built in 1961 on the site by the army in anticipation of vehicular traffic for a Royal Wedding in York Minster. This paved the way for the permanent bridge in 1963.Scarborough BridgeYorkRailway 2015N/ACarries the York to Scarborough railway line. First bridge was built in 1845, replaced in 1877, and then replaced by a newer bridge in 2015.Lendal BridgeYorkRoad 1863N/AReplaced a ferry crossing on the same site. Bridge was strengthened in 1910 to accommodate the tram system being installed.Ouse BridgeYorkRoad Grade IIThis is the third bridge on the site; a medieval bridge was built here to replace the Roman bridge which collapsed, then the Tudor bridge was replaced by the current bridge.Skeldergate BridgeYorkRoad 1881Grade IISkeldergate had a tollhouse and a building to work the lifting machinery. The far eastern span of the bridge could be raised to allow tall-masted ships to pass.Millennium BridgeYorkFoot 2001N/AA64 BridgeYorkRoad 1976N/AOpened as part of the southern bypass around York in 1976Naburn swing bridgeNaburnFoot 1871N/ASwing bridge built for the railway in 1871. Became redundant in 1983 upon open of the Selby Diversion railway line. As shipping no longer travels up the Ouse, the bridge is fixed in place.Cawood BridgeCawoodRoad 1872Grade IISwing bridge for road traffic.Selby toll bridgeSelbyRoad 1793N/ARebuilt 1971 (toll now abolished)Selby Swing BridgeSelbyRailway 1891Grade IICarries the railway line between Selby and HullRiver Ouse swing bridgeSelbyRoad 2004N/ACarries the A63 bypass around SelbyBoothferry BridgeBoothferryRoad 1929N/ASteel swing bridgeOuse BridgeHowdendykeRoad 1976N/ACarries M62 motorwayGoole Swing BridgeGooleRailway 1869Grade II*Carries the Doncaster to Hull railway
A Roman bridge in York is believed to have existed until the 12th century when it was supposed to have collapsed under the weight of the throng of people who had gathered to welcome the Archbishop of York in 1254. The location of the bridge was between the foot of Tanner Row across to the Guildhall.
The former Hull and Barnsley Railway's formation crossed the River Ouse on a swing bridge at Long Drax. The line closed in 1968, and the bridge was dismantled in 1976.
Ferries The River Ouse has had plenty of ferry crossings in place of bridges. These crossing have lent their names to some of the locations along the river; Boothferry Bridge now occupies the site of the ferry across the river to the hamlet of Booth. Until 1792, when the bridge at Selby was built, the Ouse Bridge in York was the only crossing of the River Ouse, the other way of getting across the river was by a ferry.
Ferries were located at (upstream to downstream): Linton, Nun Monkton, Poppleton, Clifton, central York (three) Bishopthorpe, Naburn, Acaster Selby, Cawood, Newhay, Long Drax, Booth, Skelton, Swinefleet, Saltmarshe and Whitgift.
See also Bridges of York
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