North Bridge has finally reopened to full operation after eight years of repairs and refurbishment.
Motorists will be hoping for an easier flow of traffic. And pedestrians will welcome the availability of both pavements instead of the crush of everyone having to use the same side.
North Bridge is, of course, a key route linking Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns and has a long history.
Here are some fascinating pictures selected from the Evening News archive, looking back at North Bridge over the decades.
As well as the Evening News and The Scotsman, North Bridge has been home to some of Edinburgh’s major department stores. And its exposed position means it has also seen plenty of weather - from fog to snow to gales.
Scroll through and see what else one of our most familiar roads has been through over the years.
5. Jennie Lee opens Steps art exhibition
Labour MP and Minister for the Arts Jennie Lee - widow of Nye Bevan - opens The Scotsman bookjacket exhibition and Steps Art Exhibition at North Bridge in August 1967. | TSPL
6. Buses in a blizzard
Buses struggle through the blizzard on North Bridge during a snow storm in Edinburgh in April 1968. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait
7. The Scotsman offices
The Scotsman was headquartered at its imposing offices on North Bridge for almost a century and the Evening News for nearly 40 years before the papers moved to a new base in Holyrood Road in 2021 and the old building was converted into a hotel, which adopted 'The Scotsman' name. | TSPL
8. State visit
Queen Elizabeth II and King Carl Gustav of Sweden in a procession up North Bridge during his state visit to Britain in July 1975. | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart