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.
13. War memorial
The war memorial on North Bridge dedicated in 1906 to the men of the Edinburgh regiment of the King's Own Scottish Borderers who died in various campaigns in the 19th century. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
14. Window shopping at PTs
A Christmas window display in Patrick Thomson's - or PTs - on North Bridge, the premises now occupied by the Carlton Hotel. PTs became art of the House of Fraser in 1952 and rebranded as Arnotts in 1976, but the store closed in 1982. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
15. Grants store closed
The exterior of Grants department store at the corner of North Bridge and the High Street Edinburgh in May 1983, soon after it closed. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
16. View from Duke of Wellington statue
Looking up North Bridge from behind the Duke of Wellington's statue in Princes Street, May 1986. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton