South Bridge Act 1785

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for opening an easy and commodious Communication from the High Street of Edinburgh, to the Country Southward; and also from the Lawn Market to the New extended Royalty on the North, and for enabling Trustees to purchase Lands, Houses, and Areas for that Purpose; for widening and enlarging the Streets of the said City, and certain Avenues leading to the same; for rebuilding or improving the University.
Citation	25 Geo. 3. c. 28
Introduced by	Henry Dundas
Dates
Royal assent	1785
Commencement	1785
Text of statute as originally enacted

The South Bridge Act 1785 (25 Geo. 3. c. 28)^[1] was a public act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning infrastructure in the city of Edinburgh. Specifically, for the construction of what would become the South Bridge, for rebuilding or improving the University of Edinburgh, for enlarging the public markets, for lighting the said city, for providing an additional supply of water, for extending the royalty of the said city for levying an additional sum of money for statute labour in the middle district of the county of Edinburgh, to complete the Mound and to erect a bridge between the road to Leith and Calton Hill across Calton Street.