A STRETCH of Great Western Road in Anniesland has been closed eastbound due to an unsafe building. 

Glasgow City Council announced that an emergency inspection of a chimney is being carried out. 

A spokesman said: "In order to make the building safe, Great Western Road is now closed to all eastbound traffic between Bearsden Road and Herschell Street.

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"Once more information is known further updates will be issued."

Road users should expect significant delays. 

Diversions include: eastbound GWR - Bearsden Road, Temple Road, Dalsholm Road, Cleveden Road, Dorchester Ave, and southbound Bearsden Road - Crow Road, Dumbarton Road, Byres Road, Great Western Road.