Shell Bridge Milestone, North Crescent Road 2 29
April 2005
The inscription on the facing side of the Shell Bridge Milestone is Largs 11,
Greenock 25. The inscription on the other side is Irvine
8, Kilwinning 5, Saltcoats 2, Ardrossan 1/2. The
milestone was removed on 29 February 2008 during the demolition of the bridge
and realignment of North Crescent Road. It was reinstated on 7 May 2008. The
only other milestone in Ardrossan is the Lauriston
Milestone. If you have useful information about
the milestones, please
contact WebsiteAuthor@ArdrossanPhotographs.net.
The Shell Bridge is so called because it is near the site of the former Shell
Oil Refinery which existed from 1927 to 1988. From
the late 1980s to the early 2000s, the site was occupied by Saztec,
a computer
data processing firm. If
you know more accurate dates, please contact WebsiteAuthor@ArdrossanPhotographs.net.