Taxi drivers are finishing early or not working their shifts after spending hours stuck in gridlocked Nottingham due to part of the A52 being closed.
A defect was discovered on the underside of the Clifton Bridge and repair teams have been working to fix the 'damaged steelwork' since Thursday, February 6.
The A52 is closed eastbound carriageway between A453 Clifton Lane and A453 Queens Drive, a lane is closed westbound heading into Nottingham, and the A52 eastbound entry slip from the A6005 near Queen's Medical Centre is also closed.
Hackney taxi drivers said some of their colleagues packed up and went home as driving through the city became too difficult while one driver said his customer got out and walked instead.
Shahzad Ali, who has been a Hackney taxi driver in the city for 12 years, said: "It was very bad on Friday.
"I dropped off someone at Lenton Boulevard and it took me 45 minutes to get back. All taxi drivers are fed up.
"One job I picked up at the Victoria Centre and went to Wollaton. He paid me £11 and said 'I will walk'. We had not got far.
"Taxi drivers are not coming out because there is too much traffic."
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