Engineers drawing up plans for A90 crossing following crash

Roads bosses are drawing up fresh designs for a Perthshire bridge which has been closed to all but emergency services vehicles following a crash.

The A90 flyover at St Madoes has been partially out of commission since Thursday night when it was damaged in a collision involving a flatbed truck transporting an excavator.

Nobody was injured but the road was closed for almost 12 hours. The disruption was made worse by a burst water main.

Perth and Kinross Council and Bear Scotland engineers inspected the site on Friday and made the decision to ban all non-emergency service traffic from crossing the structure.

Bear Scotland said its repairs will centre on two beams which were significantly damaged, as well as an area of washout under the local road which was caused by the water main.

A spokesperson said:

“Engineers are working to create a programme of repairs for the structure which will be implemented once designs are finalised.

“Assessments are still ongoing and at present we have no timescale available as to when repairs will take place or their total cost.”

The bridge is still open to pedestrians and cyclists crossing from St Madoes to Glencarse. The dual carriageway underneath remains fully open both ways.

Access to the slip road at the western end of St Madoes, which takes traffic on to and off the southbound carriageway has reopened. The turn-off from the northbound carriageway into Glencarse remains open.

Motorists heading to St Madoes from Perth or Glencarse from Dundee are advised to use the flyovers at Glendoick and Kinfauns.