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River Hull

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Freighter near Scott Street Bridge
Freighter near Scott Street Bridge
Scott Street Bridge
Scott Street Bridge
Drypool Bridge raised
Drypool Bridge raised

The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. It has its source in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is navigable from its junction with the Driffield Navigation at Aike Beck, and it continues via the junctions with the Leven Canal, the Arram Beck and Beverley Beck. It then joins the Humber estuary in the centre of Kingston upon Hull. Its course bisects the city's industrial area, and several opening bridges have been constructed. These continue to cause traffic delays during high tides, though river traffic has decreased in recent years. There are plans to build a barrage at the mouth of the Hull where it joins the Humber Estuary to maintain a constant water level as it passes through the city.

Bridges

These are the bridges in the Hull area:-

  • Footbridge to The Deep
  • Myton Bridge on Garrison Road A63
  • Drypool Bridge
  • North Bridge
  • Scott Street Bridge (permanently raised)
  • Sculcoates Bridge (oldest bridge in the city)
  • Wilmington Bridge (former railway, now footpath and cycles). Built by the North Eastern Railway in 1907.
  • Hull Bridge (railway). Built by the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1885, still used by freight trains.
  • Stoneferry Bridges
  • Sutton Road Bridge
  • Ennerdale Link Road. The most recent bridge, replacing a failed flooded tunnel.

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