Railway Bridge, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh

The Railway Bridge on Roseburn Terrace in Edinburgh is a late 19th-century structure that was originally built for the Caledonian Railway Company. It runs north to south and currently serves as a cycleway over the A8. The bridge features a cast-iron superstructure and parapet, supported by steel plate girders, while the abutments and wing walls are made of stugged and coursed sandstone with polished dressings.

The metal bridge structure includes three arched sections of blind arcading, which are separated by fluted brackets that hold up decorated iron consoles. Above these are grilled sections, with dies placed at the same intervals as the consoles. Each side of the bridge has a central panel that displays a pair of lions rampant alongside thistle, rose, and shamrock motifs.

The stone supporting structure has wing walls that are stepped on each side, topped with a pedestalled ball finial at the lowest steps. There is a cavetto eaves course along the top of the abutments, and consoles that support a corniced sandstone platform at each corner of the bridge. Carvings, which incorporate the 'CR' cipher for Caledonian Railway, are found between the consoles. Above the platforms, there is a low, pilastered wall that matches the width of each section of the bridge, topped with a skewed triangular pediment that features similar carvings at the head of each section of the wall.