Various roads will be closed for four months while improvement work is carried out on a major Ayrshire bridge.
Victoria Bridge, on Kilmarnock's Queen's Drive, will undergo three phases of work that's expected to last until the end of April.
Essential work will also be carried out on retaining walls on Welbeck Street and Queen's itself.
Ayrshire Roads Alliance say that to undertake these works safely and efficiently, affected roads will be closed at times during this period and every effort will be made to keep closures to a minimum.
Road bosses are warning drivers to watch out for the Advance Notification Signage, which will be erected on site ahead of each phased closure.
Work got underway on Thursday and during the first phase New Mill Road will be closed from the junction with Welbeck Street eastwards for 30 metres until Thursday, March 10.
Phase two is anticipated to start on Friday, March 11 and continue until Friday, April 22. During phase two, Lawson Street will be closed from its junction with Welbeck Street westwards for 25 metres.
And phase three is anticipated to start on Monday, April 25 until Friday, April 29. During phase three, the A735 Welbeck Street/ Queen’s Drive will be closed from the junction with New Mill Road/ Lawson Street to the junction with Victoria East Road.
A spokesperson for Ayrshire Roads Alliance said: "An alternative route for vehicles will be in place during each phase and will be signed accordingly.
"Pedestrian access will be maintained throughout the closure periods.
"It is hoped that the essential bridge improvement works will be completed within the timescales stipulated, however the work is weather dependent and any unforeseen difficulties could result in a delay."
Updates will be published on the Ayrshire Roads Alliance website www.ayrshireroadsalliance.org
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