St. James's Bridge, Road and pedestrian bridge over the Ljubljanica in Ljubljana, Slovenia

St. James's Bridge is a reinforced concrete structure that spans the Ljubljanica River, connecting Zois Street with Karlovac Street in the city center. Its distinctive cantilever design allows the span to cross the river without intermediate supports in the water.

A wooden bridge built here in 1824 was long called the New Bridge (Neue Brücke). In 1915 it was replaced by a reinforced concrete cantilever bridge designed by engineer Alois Král and architect Alfred Keller. The cantilever method was used for the first time in Slovenia, chosen because of the weak subsoil and lessons from the 1895 earthquake.

The bridge is named after the nearby St. James's Church. A plaque placed in 1954 records a 15th-century town watermill at this site that harmed farmers and was destroyed in the 1515 peasant revolt. Four bronze reliefs illustrating France Prešeren's ballad The Water Man were planned for the bridge fence but never installed.

The bridge carries significant traffic through the southern downtown area, especially during peak hours. It is best viewed during quieter times of the day when you can observe the structure and the river views without vehicular congestion.

Four bronze relief plaques illustrating scenes from France Prešeren's ballad The Water Man were meant to be mounted on the bridge fence, but the plan was never carried out. The bridge also appears in the 1996 documentary Predictions of Fire, where Slavoj Žižek stands on it and calls the Ljubljanica the "official geographical border between the Balkans and Central Europe".