George IV Bridge is an
elevated street in
Edinburgh,
Scotland, and is home to a number of the city's important public buildings. Measuring 300 metres in length, the bridge was constructed between 1829 and 1832 as part of the
Improvement Act of 1827. Named after
King George IV, it was designed by architect
Thomas Hamilton (1784 - 1858) to connect the South Side district of Edinburgh to the
New Town. Two of Edinburgh
Old Town's traditional streets,
Old Bank Close and
Liberton's Wynd, had to be demolished for the construction of the bridge.