Ouse Bridge (York)
| road bridge, 1820s construction, Grade II Listed (UK)
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B1227 Ouse Bridge
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World / United Kingdom / England
road bridge, 1820s construction, Grade II Listed (UK)
The original Roman bridge over the Ouse was eventually replaced by a wooden bridge built further downstream by the Vikings. In 1154, it collapsed under the weight of a crowd which had gathered to greet St William of York on his return from exile. It was replaced by a stone bridge. In 1367 the first public toilets in Yorkshire, and likely England, were opened on the bridge.[1] Part of the bridge was swept away by floods in the winter of 1564–5. The repaired bridge of 1565 had a new central arch spanning 81 ft, and was described by Defoe as "...near 70 foot [21 m] in diameter; it is, without exception, the greatest in England, some say it's as large as the Rialto at Venice, though I think not." This bridge was dismantled between 1810 and 1818 to make way for the New Ouse Bridge, designed by Peter Atkinson the younger, completed in 1821.
It is a Grade II listed building.
It is a Grade II listed building.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges_of_York#Ouse_Bridge
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 53°57'26"N 1°5'1"W
- Lendal Bridge 0.4 km
- Rowntree Wharf 0.6 km
- The Principal York Hotel 0.6 km
- Wighill Lane Farm 11 km
- Tadcaster Viaduct 14 km
- Ouse Lock 32 km
- Victoria Lock 32 km
- Skidby Windmill 46 km
- Keadby Bridge 47 km
- Ferens Art Gallery 54 km
- York city walls 0.2 km
- National Railway Museum 1.1 km
- Tang Hall 2 km
- Clifton Backies Nature Reserve 2.6 km
- Former Grain Store 2.9 km
- Meadow 3.1 km
- Clifton Moor Industrial Estate 3.6 km
- Clifton Moor Shopping Centre 4 km
- Portakabin 4 km
- Beningborough Hall 11 km