A303 / Pill Bridge Lane – Bridge survey works
We’re carrying out a range of surveys to the bridge on Pill Bridge Lane. The bridge spans the A303 near Ilchester and the A37. The surveys will help us to gather data to plan for future maintenance.
Works will be undertaken in phases, mostly overnight, from Monday 2nd December until Tuesday 21st January 2025.
Please note, there will be no traffic management in place, nor works undertaken, over the Christmas period, from 20th December 2024 until 2nd January 2025.
Access over the bridge at Pill Bridge Lane
The bridge will be closed from 6am on Monday 2nd December until 6pm on Friday 6th December, inclusive. Works will take place during the daytime only, Monday to Friday.
There will be a number of night-time lane closures on the A303, to enable access to the underside of the bridge at Pill Bridge Lane. The exit and entry slip roads from the A303 to the A37 will also need be closed overnight at various points to facilitate works. This work is subject to favourable weather conditions; for example, heavy rain may affect the progress.
The following works will take place overnight Monday to Friday (8pm – 6am), when there is less traffic on the road:
From 2nd December until 4th December – Lane one of the A303 eastbound closed. Entry slip road closed.
From 3rd December until 5th December – Lane one of the A303 westbound closed. Exit slip road closed.
From 6th December until 12th December – Lane one of the A303 eastbound closed. Entry slip road closed.
From 18th December until 19th December – Lane two of the A303 closed both eastbound and westbound.
From 2nd January until 7th January – Lane two of the A303 closed both eastbound and westbound.
From 8th January until 17th January – Lane one of the A303 westbound closed. Exit slip road closed.
On 20th January for one night – Lane one of the A303 westbound closed. Exit slip road closed.
On 21st January for one night – Lane one of the A303 eastbound closed. Entry slip road closed.
Well-signed diversions will be in place via Cartgate Roundabout when the entry and exit slip roads are closed. Please plan ahead and allow extra time for your journeys.
Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can find live travel information on our Traffic England website: https://www.trafficengland.com/.
Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/travel-updates/travel-alerts/
If you have any queries or comments about the work, or would like further information, please contact National Highways Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 or by email: info@nationalhighways.co.uk
To keep up-to-date with our work in the South West please visit: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/south-west/south-west-maintenance-schemes/follow
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