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Latitude: 55.9459 / 55°56'45"N
Longitude: -3.236 / 3°14'9"W
OS Eastings: 322903
OS Northings: 673230
OS Grid: NT229732
Mapcode National: GBR 8DJ.01
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.8T95
Plus Code: 9C7RWQW7+9H
Entry Name: New Bridge, Water Of Leith, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Roseburn Terrace, Roseburn New Bridge
Listing Date: 18 September 2002
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 396431
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48913
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200396431
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Road bridge Architectural structure
Built 1841, widened 1930. Wide monumental bridge running W to E over Water of Leith, replacing Old Bridge (see separate list description) in 1841. Coursed sandstone ashlar; polished voussoirs to arch ring; rubble to side parapets, coursed and rendered beneath. Depressed arch springs from just above river level; thickly moulded string course, dentilled at N side; raised, tapered piers with advanced pedestals topped by tall, open, square-plan ironwork features; saddleback coping to parapets.
Simple bridge with smooth coping and distinctive ironwork lamp bases. The rubble side parapets were added in 1930 when the bridge was widened.
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