Here’s are some fascinating pictures selected from the Evening News archive, looking back at North Bridge over the decades.
The entrance to North Bridge from Princes Street is, of course marked on one side by the large Balmoral Hotel, formerly the North British Hotel, and on the other by what was the GPO building and is now Waverley Gate.
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.
9. Patrick Thomson's
Exterior of Patrick Thomson's department store in North Bridge Edinburgh, which had its name changed to Arnotts in 1976. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
10. Traffic warden lends a hand
A kind traffic warden pushes a car on North Bridge during the blizzards in Edinburgh, January 1978. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
11. Cleaning up the carvings
Workmen cleaning up some of the stone carvings on the Scotsman Publications building at North Bridge in December 1978. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
12. Gales demolish road sign
Gales which hit Edinburgh in March 1982 saw this road sign on North Bridge twisted by the wind. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton