The A27 has shut for the night while engineers repair damage to a bridge following a crash.

Drivers are being told to allow extra time for their journeys between now and 6am tomorrow as they will have to follow a diversion route from the Hangleton Interchange.

The slip road on the westbound Shoreham flyover has been closed for more than one month after the crash in June, which damaged a safety barrier and bridge parapet.

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A replacement for the barrier had to be made-to-measure and took four weeks to manufacture, so a temporary railing was installed until then.

The new structure and repairs are now finished and the road is on track to reopen tomorrow morning, but the temporary railing must be safely removed first.

Engineers will descend on the busy a-road from 8pm until 6am tomorrow morning when both the closure of the slip road and dual carriageway will be lifted.