BRIDGE maintenance on the A138 Chelmer Road Viaduct near Chelmsford will begin today, May 1.
The maintenance will last for three nights and includes resurfacing and renewal of road markings and road studs.
Work, which was postponed from March due to the low temperatures, will take place overnight between 8pm and 6am, beginning at 8pm on May 1 and completing by 6am on May 4.
While work is carried out, southbound traffic wishing to use the A138 Chelmer Road Viaduct will continue on the A12 to junction 17 to follow the A1114 back to the A138 and northbound traffic will follow the same diversion in the opposite direction.
