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BOOTHFERRY  is actually the ferry at Booth -

a scatter of houses where the ferry used to cross the Ouse before Boothferry Bridge was erected between 1926-9.

The Cleveland Bridge And Engineering Company built the well known bridge for a cost of £105,235 - it replaced an ancient ferry, the most important river crossing for miles, and long a traffic bottleneck. The Ferryboat Inn nearby - in the shape of a paddle-steamer - was named in tribute. The bridge opened up Howden and the whole of East Yorkshire - but when it first opened electricity for the bridge had

This swing bridge opens in both directions to let river traffic pass - war ships were among the boats built at Selby - and in more recent years regular traffic has included fuel oil to Drax power station. ***

BOOTHFERRY PHOTOS...
	Boothferry Bridge

Boothferry Bridge is actually in the parish of Asselby

(Asselby Island is in the river proper)

and in the Seventies there was a popular recording of a song  - Boothferry Bridge - by The Lonesome Travellers!

The opening of the Ouse Bridge as part of the M62 motorway in May 1976 took a lot of the pressure off Boothferry Bridge. This new structure is 30 metres above the river, 1.6km long with 29 spans. It cost £6.75 million and took three years to build. 

But Boothferry Bridge remains busy for local traffic and anyone avoiding motorway travel - or heading for Bridlington!

 

 

 

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