A350 at Fontmell Magna via Google Maps
A telegraph pole "in danger of collapse" has caused a road to be closed.
The A350 is closed at Fontmell Magna for urgent Openreach works to replace the pole.
The road is expected to remain closed for several hours, with Travel Dorset expecting it to be reopen by 3.30pm.
Traffic between Blandford and Shaftesbury is affected.
More follows.
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