Part of the M5 motorway here in the West Country is set to be closed for essential safety repairs.

 

Works on the M5 at Junctions 18 and 18A will mean the motorway will be closed from tonight until the 14th October.
 



It will affectthe southbound carriageway of the M5 from the southbound entry slip road from Avonmouth at M5 Junction 18A to the southbound entry slip road from the M49 at M5 Junction 18A.
 



The connecting road and southbound entry slip road at M5 Junction 18A from the eastern edge of the A4 St Brendan's Roundabout, Avonmouth, to the tip of the nosing with the southbound carriageway of the M5. 
 



Contractors are working on repairs to a damaged bridge beam.