King’s Bridge

bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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King's Bridge, completed in 1833, is a significant structure in Edinburgh, Scotland. It leaps westward from the Castle Rock, forming a vital link in the city's "western approach." This bridge was part of a series of constructions in the 50 years following the North Bridge, which collectively enabled Edinburgh to expand beyond its medieval confines. These bridges, including the South Bridge and King George IV Bridge that span the Cowgate ravine, were crucial for the city's development and integration of new areas.1

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…Rock) to Regency building, while King’s Bridge (1833), leaping westward from the Castle Rock, was the vital link in the so-called “western approach.” Throughout the Victorian and Edwardian ages, the city grew in every direction, recording in its stone tenements and detached mansions every foible of changing taste: Neoclassical, Gothic,…
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