Essential Edinburgh City Tours
Visit:
Places of Interest
Shops, Pubs & Hotels
Streets
Community & Education
Churches
People
Architecture
Explore:
Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Mile
Princes Street
The New Town
The Water of Leith
Dean
Stockbridge
Canonmills
Broughton
Inverleith
Newhaven
Leith
Live:
Professions
Punishment
Religion
Leisure
Education
image copyright Rachel Windsor
The Dean Bridge was opened in 1831, having been designed and built by Thomas Telford. The bridge was paid for by the main developer, John Learmonth, and the Cramond Turnpike Trustees. Prior to the building of the bridge the primary route north here was at Bell’s Brae Bridge in Dean Village.
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