Bridges of York
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#Bridges_across_the_River_Ouse,_Yorkshire
#Former_toll_bridges_in_England
There are nine bridges across the River Ouse within the city of York, England, and sixteen smaller bridges and passages across the narrower River Foss.
An engraving of the fourth Ouse Bridge （1565–1810） The earliest bridge, built by the Romans, linked Stonegate （the via praetoria of the Roman fortress） and Micklegate, and crossed the river approximately where the Guildhall now is.
Its replacement, Ouse Bridge, was a wooden bridge built about 380 yards （350 m） downstream by the Vikings.
It has been rebuilt three times, most recently between 1810 and 1820.
The Scarborough Railway Bridge of 1845 was the second bridge to be built, and it was followed by two more road bridges, Lendal Bridge in 1863 and Skeldergate Bridge in 1882.
The Millennium Bridge, a footbridge, was added in 2001.
There are also Clifton Bridge in the northern suburbs of the city, two modern fly-overs carrying the outer ring road, and the former railway bridge at Naburn, which is now part of the York-Selby cycle path.
North to south, the bridges are: Ouse Bridge from the South Bank, looking upstream through Skeldergate Bridge 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.
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...