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Main road between Bridgwater and Glastonbury to close for 40 hours

A main road that runs between Bridgwater and Glastonbury will be closed for four days this week starting today (January 20).

Openreach is currently working on a section of the A Road that has closed off the area for at least four days. READ MORE: Glastonbury building on fire sustains damage READ MORE: Major Shepton Mallet Road to Glastonbury to close for a month The closure will be in place in the daytime for 10 hours per day from Monday, January 20 (today) until Wednesday, January 23. The roadworks are expected to be completed by around 6pm by Openreach - after a total of 40 hours of completed work.

Multiple diversions are in place for those travelling from Glastonbury and Bridgwater. Expect these routes to be signposted when leaving both Somerset towns. A spokesperson from Travel Somerset: "The A39 is closed 8am to 6pm due to Openreach works from today, Jan 20 to Wed 23 (6pm).

"A diversion is in place, please plan ahead." We have also got in contact with Openreach to get more information regarding the ongoing work on the A39..