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| M5 in Somerset closed due to ice on road | M5 in Somerset closed due to ice on road |
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| Motorists faced long delays when a large stretch of the M5 in Somerset was closed due to ice. | Motorists faced long delays when a large stretch of the M5 in Somerset was closed due to ice. |
| Both carriageways of the motorway were closed in both directions at around 09:00 GMT after freezing temperatures were recorded overnight. | |
| Police also closed the Avonmouth bridge near Bristol. | Police also closed the Avonmouth bridge near Bristol. |
| The motorway reopened at about 11:30 after gritters were sent out to de-ice the road surface. Congestion is still being reported on some routes. | |
| Highways England said there had been three crashes. | Highways England said there had been three crashes. |
| The police closed the northbound carriageway between junction 21, near Weston-super-Mare and Junction 18, near Bristol. | The police closed the northbound carriageway between junction 21, near Weston-super-Mare and Junction 18, near Bristol. |
| They also closed the southbound section between junctions 18 and 19 while vehicles were recovered. | They also closed the southbound section between junctions 18 and 19 while vehicles were recovered. |
| Police said there had been one or two "minor prangs" on the Avonmouth bridge which led to its closure, but that the road was gritted overnight. | Police said there had been one or two "minor prangs" on the Avonmouth bridge which led to its closure, but that the road was gritted overnight. |
| Queues of traffic stretched for miles in both directions as diversions were put into place. | Queues of traffic stretched for miles in both directions as diversions were put into place. |
| BBC weather presenter Emily Wood said temperatures had reached freezing or just below in the Bristol area overnight as forecast. | BBC weather presenter Emily Wood said temperatures had reached freezing or just below in the Bristol area overnight as forecast. |
| She said: "At present it is still freezing but temperatures should reach around 5 degrees this afternoon before dipping below freezing again overnight." | She said: "At present it is still freezing but temperatures should reach around 5 degrees this afternoon before dipping below freezing again overnight." |