Bethells Bridge

A small lane from Brandesburton, passing through Burshill serves as the only public access to the bridge.

During the navigation improvements of 1803–1811, a new lock cut was made to bypass a large meandering loop of the River Hull around Struncheon Hill.

When the traffic dropped on the Driffield Navigation, the bridge keeper was no longer needed and the house was left empty.

In the early 1970s Colin Askin occupied the property, and restored and improved the house, raising his family there.

In 1978, on a cold December night, a large lorry crossed the bridge, and made it unsafe.

Colin Askin, who still lived there, could have claimed squatters rights, but since he believed in the restoration of the navigation moved out.

In March 2003 this bridge was used to replace the complete structure, with a new fixed section decking made from steel, installed by Simpsons Civil Engineering of Driffield.