AN online parody depicting Adolf Hitler bemoaning Bournemouth’s Tuckton Bridge shambles from his top-secret underground bunker has become an internet hit.

Hundreds of frustrated motorists and residents have logged-on to watch the short, a parody of the 2004 German movie, Downfall, which chronicles the final days of the Third Reich.

Edited versions of the famous scene, from the critically-acclaimed feature film, have become popular on YouTube over the years. Pranksters have been using desktop editing programmes to change the English subtitles on screen.

This latest version, compiled by fed-up Southbourne resident Jess Chavez, has Hitler banging his desk and ranting: “People will head there with cheery expectations of an easy commute, but instead will have to turn back and join the ******* traffic at Castle Lane.

“Hours in standstill traffic. It was open. I haven’t seen a workman there, everyone thought it was finished. What the bloody hell are they doing there anyway?

“I expected to see a lick of paint here and there - some new plants, some innovation, a dog poo bin. But instead it is still closed.

“I’ve had enough of waiting in the traffic, pretending to like letting people cut in. Hours of extra time I cannot afford.”

Mr Chavez, chief executive officer of his own company, said he made his version in a bid to ease the tension being faced by thousands of drivers during the Tuckton Bridge shambles.

Huge traffic queues have blighted the area since the bridge was closed to enable work on Tuckton Roundabout to start. Non-emergency patients have struggled to get in and out of Bournemouth Hospital, while shoppers have described the car park of Tesco, Riverside Avenue, off Castle Lane East, as a “nightmare” to get out of.

Frustrated residents and traders have also slammed the lack of communication around the roundabout roadworks. Earlier this week the bridge closed again, following a brief unannounced opening from Saturday. The decision to reopen over the weekend was made by a Bournemouth Council engineer, who failed to tell anyone about his decision. The bridge is currently closed for the rest of the week.

Mr Chavez explained: “It is tremendously difficult for everyone, but it is good for people to get a laugh out of it - and to have a dig at the council.

“I was at Bournemouth Hospital the other day and I just could not get out. It was just, ‘My God, what is going on here’. Everyone is just trying to get to work and it is very frustrating spending all that time in the traffic.”

So far the video has been shared more than 300 times and viewed 800 times within six hours.