STATION Road will be closed again next month as the next stage of the major scheme takes place. 

From 6.30am on Monday, September 19, until 11.30pm on Friday, September 23, Station Road will be fully closed to traffic while the new Kingston Loop Bridge is installed. 

The new bridge has been designed to preserve the look of the Station Road area. The historic steel edge beams have been refurbished and will be returned to the new bridge. 

The old rail bridge is being converted into a road bridge as part of the Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR) project. 

A spokesman for Somerset County Council said: “This is another key milestone and we’re all looking forward to having the new bridge in place.

"It means an unavoidable road closure, but motorists, cyclists and pedestrians showed great patience during the previous one and we hope they will be able to do the same again.”

According to the council, the bridge is the last major structural component of the NIDR project to complete, although other works remain. The works left to finish include: surfacing near the new bridge; surfacing, lining and lighting between the new bridge and Staplegrove roundabout; signing and lining to prevent parking on the new route; completion of the Firepool Bridge, and general landscaping.

The council expects the contractor to complete the new road by the end of 2016. 

Diversions will be in place while the road is closed.