PART of the A12 will be closed all night throughout next week as engineers repair a bridge.

The road will be closed northbound between junction 27, at Colchester south, and junction 28, at Colchester Stadium between 8pm and 6am between Monday, September 10, and Friday, September 14.

A diversion will be in place along the Avenue of Remembrance, Cowdray Avenue and Ipswich Road, to rejoin the A12 at junction 29.