Drivers are set to face three weeks of disruption on the A12 as the major route is repaired after a crash.
Work to repair Birchwood Road Bridge, which was struck by a vehicle, began on Monday, September 7 and will continue until Monday, September 28.
The project is expected to cost £300,000 and will include a full southbound closure between junction 33 for Copdock Interchange and junction 29 for Ardleigh Crown Interchange.
The A12 southbound will be closed overnight between 9pm and 5am.
A diversion route will be in place:
- Leave the interchange and join the A14 eastbound
- Continue on the A14 to junction 56 for Wherstead Interchange
- Leave the A14 at junction 56 and join the A137
- Continue on the A137 through Ardleigh to the Harwich Road roundabout
- Take the third exit onto St Andrew's Avenue (A133)
- Continue to the Ipswich Road roundabout
- Take the third exit onto Ipswich Road (A1232)
- Continue to A12 junction 29 for Ardleigh Crown Interchange
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There will also be lane closures on the A12 throughout the three-week project.
One lane will be closed on the northbound carriageway on Tuesday, September 8, Monday, September 14 and Tuesday, September 15, Monday, September 21 and Tuesday, September 22.
The southbound carriageway will also have one lane closed between 5am and 9pm from Thursday, September 10 and Sunday, September 13, and Thursday, September 17 and Sunday, September 20.
Birchwood Road Bridge on the Suffolk and Essex border will also have full weekend closures from 9pm until 5am on Friday, September 11 to Monday, September 14, and Friday, September 18 to Monday, September 21.
Diversions will be in place for northbound and southbound carriageway.
Motorists should be advised that closures can change at short notice.
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