Drivers using the M5 motorway near Bradley Stoke are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys as bridge refurbishment works enter their final phase from today, Friday 26th April 2024. The closures will extend from J17 (Cribbs Causeway) to J14 (Falfield) and will therefore affect access to and from the motorway at J16 (Almondsbury / Aztec West).
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Drivers warned of M5 overnight full closures this week as contraflow installed
Drivers using the M5 near Bradley Stoke are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys as bridge refurbishment works enter their next phase from Monday 2nd October 2023. A week of overnight full closures of the M5, between junctions 14 and 17, is planned to allow the installation of a contraflow system.
Continue readingOvernight road closures to precede months of contraflow on M5 around Almondsbury
Motorists are being warned to expect months of contraflow on the M5 motorway near Bradley Stoke in connection with bridge repair works being carried out by National Highways. The work is planned to commence with a month of overnight road closures from Monday 31st July 2023. Contraflow traffic management will be introduced from October 2023 and last until “summer 2024”.
Continue readingMore roadworks at M5 junction 16 (Almondsbury) due to start this week
Improvement work on the northbound exit slip road at junction 16 of the M5 (Almondsbury) is due to get under way this week. The Highways Agency is carrying out the work as part of the Government’s Pinch Point programme, which forms part of the growth initiative outlined during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in November 2011. According to the agency: “Pinch Points provides smaller scale improvements
Continue readingM5 closed tonight for bridge installation
The Highways Agency has announced that the M5 motorway will be closed tonight (Saturday 5th February 2011) in both directions between junctions 17 (Cribbs Causeway) and 18 (Avonmouth). The closure is necessary to allow contractors to reinstate the Lawrence Weston pedestrian and cyclist bridge, which was demolished on Christmas Day 2009. The closure of the notorway is scheduled to last
Continue readingM5 closed on Christmas Day
The Highways Agency has announced that the M5 motorway will be closed in both directions between junctions 17 (Cribbs Causeway) and 18 (Avonmouth) on Christmas Day. The closure is necessary to allow contractors to demolish Lawrence Weston Bridge, which will be replaced by a new structure in the new year. Diversions via the M4 and M49 will be operation. Read
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