DRIVERS are set to be faced with a huge 35-mile diversion route on a major road ahead of Bank Holiday weekend.
Pesky potholes have forced the closure and weekend plans could now be thrown up in the air for thousands of motorists.
The A14 in Suffolk will close for emergency works meaning motorists will need to take a different route.
Newton Road in Stowmarket will be closed between 7pm on Friday and 5am on Saturday.
A 35-mile diversion will be in place along the B1113, A140 and A143.
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A spokesperson for Suffolk Highways said the road has been closed for urgent carriageway maintenance such as filling in potholes.
It comes as two major motorways are set to see closures this Bank Holiday weekend sparking travel chaos for millions of Britons.
Carriageways, slip-roads and link roads on the M25, both in clockwise and anti-clockwise directions, will be affected by the planned works in the coming days.
And closures are also set to hit the M20 this weekend, causing worry for anyone planning to make a cross-country trip during the three-day break.
The RAC is warning that more than 16million drivers are set to hit the roads for the May Bank Holiday Weekend, with getaway traffic building from today before peaking tomorrow at 3.3million journeys.
Another 2.3million getaway trips are planned for Sunday, May 5, with 2.6million planned for Monday, 6 May, according to analysis by RAC and INRIX.
And 5.6million trips are expected to be made at some point over the weekend by drivers who are yet to decide which day to travel, the organisations say.
Amid the great national getaway, National Highways warns of M20 maintenance works for the moveable barrier in place along the motorway between Jct 9 for Ashford and Jct 8 for Maidstone and Leeds Castle.