Railway Bridge, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh

Late 19th century. Former Caledonian Railway Company girder bridge running N to S, now carrying cycleway over the A8. Cast-iron superstructure and parapet with steel plate girders; stugged and coursed sandstone abutments and wing walls with polished dressings.

METAL BRIDGE STRUCTURE: 3-arched sections of blind arcading, each divided by fluted brackets supporting decorated iron consoles; grilled sections above, with dies at same intervals as consoles; central panel to each side contains pair of lions rampant flanking thistle, rose and shamrock motifs.

STONE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE: wing walls stepped at each side, with pedestalled ball finial to lowest steps; cavetto eaves course along top of abutments; consoles supporting corniced sandstone platform at each corner of bridge; carving (incorporating 'CR', Caledonian Railway cipher) between consoles; low, pilastered wall, of same width as each section of bridge, above platforms; skewed triangular pediment, with carving (as above) to head, to each section of wall.