page_title: Goole railway swing bridge
section_title: History and description
hierarchical_section_title: Goole railway swing bridge / History and description
caption_attribution_description: See list of illustrations in souce pages ix to xvi Descriptions are associated with images, also check index for additional text
context_page_description: The Skelton Viaduct, also known as the Hook bridge or Goole railway swing bridge, is a large viaducted hogback plate girder bridge with swing span over the River Ouse, Yorkshire near Goole. The bridge was designed by Thomas Elliot Harrison for the Hull and Doncaster Branch of the North Eastern Railway and opened in 1869.
  In the latter part of the 20th century, the bridge became known for the frequent incidents involving ship collisions with the superstructure. As of 2020, it is still in use.
context_section_description: During the 1860s, a number of attempts were made by different railway companies to create a new line better connecting Kingston upon Hull and South Yorkshire; in 1862 the North Eastern Railway promoted a bill for a line which was unopposed by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the understanding of mutual running powers for the companies, either to Hull, or on lines in South Yorkshire. The bill, the "North Eastern Railway (Hull and Doncaster Branch)" was deposited  late 1862, for a line from a junction on the Hull and Selby Line near  Staddlethorpe (near Gilberdyke) to a junction with the South Yorkshire Railway near Thorne, Hatfield and Stainforth. The act was passed in mid-1863.
  As part of the construction of the line, a bridge was required over the River Ouse near Goole between Skelton and Hook.
caption: Pre-1915 photo of the bridge
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