Hull’s River Bridges: Scott Street Bridge
The original Scott Street Bridge plans date from 1900 and show a beautiful attention to detail. The diagram showing access to the nose bolt locking mechanism by use of Simon D40 hydraulic platform with west cantilever raised through angle of 30° is circa 1983.
The photographs below the plans show the working bridge from 1965 to 1990, click on the plans and photos and zoom in to see the detail.
The lifting bridge, bridgemaster’s office, railings and lamps were all Grade II listed and in 1994 Historic England recorded it as a:
“lifting road bridge spanning the River Hull. 1901-1902. By City Engineer. Mechanism renewed late C20. 2 riveted wrought-iron spans forming a shallow segmental arch, with patterned wrought-iron handrails to the footways on each side. At each end, a pair of brick piers, 3 of them with the stumps of cast-iron gas lamps. At the west end, on the north side, a wooden post with a bell atop. To its left, a single-storey triangular office, brick with slate roof, with 2 windows flanked by 2 doors, all with segmental heads and overlights. To left again an S-plan approach ramp with patterned cast-iron railing ending in a gas lamp. The bridge is complete and operable.” Historic England
Scott Street Bridge closed to traffic in 1994, due to its ‘extremely poor structural and mechanical condition’. The artist Banksy visited the city and stencilled his ‘Draw the Raised Bridge’ in January 2018. The bridge was dismantled in 2020 after being deemed as a risk to river traffic.
Hull City Council state:
“that as part of Historic England’s conditions to remove the bridge, and planning permission requirements, we must install new permanent stainless steel parapet railings with etched interpretation panels, and a display frame to house a replica of the Banksy ‘Draw the raised bridge‘ artwork”.
Descriptions of the bridge and it’s surroundings are told best by somone who lived there. Please go to chapter 27, Andy Hazell – Scott Street and Hull Fast Film and read Andy’s first hand account of living by the bridge in Grosvenor Mill.
Click on the plans and zoom in to see the detail.
Scott Street Bridge: Access to nose bolt locking mechanism. Diagram shows gaining access to nose bolt locking mechanism by use of Simon D40 hydraulic platform with west cantilever raised through angle of 30° circa 1983
Scott Street Bridge 1965 HDM Archive
Scott Street Bridge, from a Wincolmlee Warehouse circa 1970 with the Sculcoates Power Station in the distance
Peter Marshall: R&W Paul Mill, Scott Street and River Hull, East, Scott St Bridge, Hull, 1988
Peter Marshall: The Humber Star goes through Scott Street Bridge, Hull, 1983
The Bridgemaster’s Office, Scott Street circa 1990 by Andy Hazell
Scott Street Bridge 1949 – above and below – reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland
Scott Street Bridge and environs 1949
All photographs in the gallery above are taken from Scott Street Bridge by George Parkes
Photographs are copyright the heirs of George Parkes published under licence with permission here
Leeds Magnetic and company from Scott Street Bridge
Rich and Lou Duffy-Howard
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