This vital work is needed to address water ingress issues on the structure and to undertake masonry repairs to a wall underneath the bridge.

Work on the structure, which will be a combination of day and nightshift, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday 11 October and will be completed by mid-November.

A section of Culloden Road will be closed from Viewhill, just before the access to the Scottish School of Forestry, to where Edgemoor Park meets Culloden Road.

A traffic management plan and signed diversion route has been agreed with the local authority and will be in place during this time. The road will be open to reduced height traffic – a restriction of three metres - out with working times.

Pedestrians and cyclists will not be affected and will be able to continue to travel safely under the bridge via the footpath for the entirety of the work, with train services also unaffected.

Euan Falconer, Network Rail’s project manager for the work said: “The work to address water ingress issues and other repairs on this railway structure are part of our commitment to provide a safe and reliable railway.

“While we need to close the road to vehicles to deliver the work safely and efficiently, we will maintain access for pedestrians and cyclists to minimise the impact of the closure.

“I’d like to thank local residents for their patience as we carry out this work.”