Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 590385
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/590385
A development-led project designed by Robert Adam for the Town Council in ca.1785, eventually involving 20 arches, with adjoining high-quality buildings structurally independent of the bridge designed and built by Alexander Laing, architect and mason, from 1786–88. The bridge is built of masonry with semicircular arches, and vaults beneath most adjoining each storey, which are hidden except for the tallest crossing the Cowgate at about 31 ft which is also the widest at about 30 ft, most being about 18 ft. A section of 1790 from the Universal Scots Almanack and a modern drawing gives an idea of the project and the original North Bridge.
R Paxton and S Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
