The UK’s roads authority will replace two joints on one carriageway of a bridge in the east of England this summer.

The bridge over the River Orwell in Suffolk carries more than 60,000 vehicles a day. Its joints, which each weigh in at 7.5t, were installed in 1998 and are due for replacement.

National Highways, the government-owned company that modernises, maintains and operates England’s major roads, will carry out the work on the westbound carriageway this summer. It will divert traffic to the eastbound carriageway and ensure that full bridge closures will take place overnight to minimise disruption.

The joints on the eastbound carriageway will be replaced in the near