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The Selby Canal is a 6-mile (9.7 km) canal with 2 locks which bypasses the lower reaches of the River Aire in Yorkshire, England, from the village of West Haddlesey to the town of Selby where it joins the River Ouse. It opened in 1778, and provided the main outlet for the Aire and Calder Navigation until 1826, when it was bypassed by a new cut from Ferrybridge to Goole. Selby steadily declined after that, although traffic to York still used the canal.

The bridge known as Burton Hall Bridge became an English Heritage Grade II listed building on 5th February 1996 and has the following listing "Accommodation bridge over canal. 1775-78. Designed by William Jessop. Dressed sandstone blocks. Humpbacked, single span bridge with semicircular, voussoired arch. Chamfered plinth to left and right of arch. Iron rope roller on NW corner of arch. Projecting string course. Low, slightly cambered solid parapet of large ashlared blocks of millstone grit. Parapet curves into round capped piers. The Selby Canal was constructed between 1774-1778 with William Jessop as principal engineer." link

Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Gateforth, North Yorkshire Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Unnamed track Water or other terrain spanned: The Selby Canal Architect/Builder: William Jessop Construction Date: 1778

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