Restoration
This 4-span viaduct was restored between 1992–96 at a cost of £1.065 million. The viaduct was investigated by radar scanning and apart from the structural repairs many years of invasive vegetation, including trees and shrubs, were removed.
Barr Construction, the main contractors, were awarded the Saltire Society's conservation award for the "skill in restoring a structure on the verge of collapse". There are of course no rails on this part of the line today, however a replica length of the original rails has been laid on the bridge itself. Access to the viaduct is by way of a muddy path alongside the River Irvine from near Laigh Milton Mill, where the old mill weir results in occasional flooding of the path.
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