Overnight road closures by Peterborough’s Rhubarb Bridge announced

Traffic caused by the roadworks at Rhubarb Bridge

The closures will be from 8pm until 6am during a number of nights in October by the A47/A15 junction near Brotherhood Shopping Park.

Diversions will be in place during the closures.

The works are part of a scheme to strengthen the bridge, add in an extra lane of traffic on the roundabout and install pedestrian crossings on the slip roads.

The closures

, A47 westbound off the slip road - three nights from October 7.

. The circulatory carriageway between the A47 eastbound to the Bourges Boulevard northbound entry - three nights from October 7.

. Bourges Boulevard northbound between Maskew Avenue and A47 - five nights from October 8-11 and 14.

. The circulatory carriageway between the Bourges Boulevard southbound exit to the slip road entry from Bretton Way - five nights from October 8-11 and 14.

. The slip road between Bourges Boulevard and Gresley Way - five nights from October 8-11 and 14.

. The slip road between Bretton Way and Lincoln Road - four nights from October 11 and 14-16.

. Lincoln Road southbound between Mountsteven Avenue and the A47 - four nights from October 11 and 14-16.

. The circulatory carriageway between the slip road exit to Gresley Way in a clockwise direction to the A47 westbound - four nights from October 11 and 14-16.

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