Waverley Bridge from the Scott Monument - geograph

Waverley Bridge is a road bridge in

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linking Market Street in the

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with

Princes Street Princes Street ( gd, Sràid nam Prionnsan) is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1.2 km (three ...

in the

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. The bridge forms part of the roof of

Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...

station and marks the eastern boundary of

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. The current bridge was built between 1894 and 1896 by Blyth and Westland; it is Category A listed.

Location

Situated at the east end of Princes Street Gardens, Waverley Bridge is one of three parallel roads crossing the former

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valley and linking Edinburgh's historic Old and New towns. To the west of Waverley Bridge lies

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, which links Princes Street in the New Town with the western end of Market Street in the Old Town. To the east, running above the Waverley Station roof, is North Bridge, which links the east end of Princes Street with the

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and South Bridge. Two ramps lead down from Waverley bridge into the centre of the station. Since January 2014 car and taxi access to the station has been banned, with the ramps now largely dedicated to foot traffic and delivery access. Halfway across the bridge, on the eastern side, is the station's Category A listed former parcels office. The structure was converted into a restaurant in the 1980s and is now in operation as a public house. At the northeast corner of the bridge, at the junction with Princes Street, is the

Waverley Market Waverley Market (formerly also known as Waverley Shopping Centre, Princes Mall, and Waverley Mall) is a shopping centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. The old Waverley Market The old Waverley Market occupied the same site as the current shopping cent ...

shopping centre. There is a Transport for Edinburgh Travelshop at the south end of the bridge, at the corner with Market Street and

Cockburn Street Cockburn Street is a picturesque street in Edinburgh's Old Town, created as a serpentine link from the Royal Mile#High Street, High Street to Waverley Station in 1856. It is named after the then recently-deceased Scottish lawyer, judge and lit ...

, which runs up to the High Street.

Buses

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' Airlink 100 service to

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begins and terminates at stop WA on Waverley Bridge. Edinburgh Bus Tour routes call at stop WB on the bridge.

References

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