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.
17. Shrouded in scaffolding
Scaffolding covers almost all of Edinburgh's North Bridge, including the North British hotel in January 1990. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
18. Painted blue and red
Edinburgh's North Bridge was last painted - blue and red - in November 1990. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
19. Foggy day
A woman crosses the street as a heavy fog descends on North Bridge in Edinburgh in March 1991 | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
20. Roadworks on North Bridge 1992
Workmen digging up the road at North Bridge in Edinburgh, June 1992. Photo: Colin McPherson