Bridges Over The Foss
South to north, from the confluence with the Ouse, these are:
- The Blue Bridge (1895)
- Castle Mills Bridge (1956), part of York's Inner Ring Road
- Piccadilly Bridge (1911–14)
- Foss Bridge (1811–12)
- Pedestrian bridge linking the Shambles car-park and Rowntree Wharf (c1990)
- Pedestrian bridge north of Rowntree Wharf linking Navigation Road with the Hungate area and Peasholme Green (2011)
- Pedestrian bridge from Foss Islands Road to what is now the Defra site at Peasholme Green (1931)
- Layerthorpe Bridge (1998), carrying Northwestbound Inner Ring Road traffic and traffic between Peasholme Green and Layerthorpe
- Foss Bank Bridge (1998), carrying southeastbound Inner Ring Road
- Monk Bridge (1794 and later)
- Pedestrian and cycle path bridge, formerly part of the Foss Islands Branch Line of the North Eastern Railway (c1880)
- Fossway Bridge
- Huntington Road Bridge
- Link Road Bridge between Haxby and Huntington
- Church Lane Bridge, Huntington
- The A1237 Outer Ring Road
Many of these are unobtrusive modern bridges carrying main roads. The following are more notable:
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