‘Masterpiece’ Ballochmyle Viaduct gets major award
BALLOCHMYLE Viaduct, the UK’s highest railway bridge, which featured in the Tom Cruise film Mission Impossible, won a major award today from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
The 177ft (54m) Ayrshire crossing, whose track is higher than the Forth Bridge’s, has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark after being upgraded to carry heavier coal trains.
The viaduct, which crosses the River Ayr between Mauchline and Catrine on the Glasgow-Dumfries line, also has the UK’s largest masonry arch with a span of 181ft (55m).
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