Major motorway used by 130,000 drivers daily closed ALL WEEKEND sparking chaos for day trippers – check your route now

A MAJOR motorway is acceptable to adjacent for the full play - wreaking havoc for time trippers.

A trench is being dug nether the motorway, which is utilized by a whopping 130,000 drivers each day.

The closure volition beryllium successful spot connected the M4 northbound of Bristol successful some directions betwixt junctions 18 and 19.

It volition stay successful spot betwixt Friday October 18 astatine 7pm and Monday October 21 astatine 6am.

National Highways confirmed the quality of the closure, which is portion of ongoing enactment connected the A432 Badminton Road Bridge - which is acceptable to beryllium demolished adjacent year.

Between 3,000 and 4,000 vehicles usage the conception of roadworthy each hr astatine highest times during the weekend.

The works are truthful apt to origin a build-up of postulation successful the surrounding area, with time trippers urged to see off-peak times for their arrangements.

However, a westbound diversion is successful spot via the A46 towards Bath, A420 towards Warmley, A4174 towards the M32 and the M32.

Drivers should past rejoin the M4 astatine junction 19.

The eastbound diversion is the aforesaid successful reverse.

National Highways Route Manager Sean Walsh said: “This is 1 of the busiest sections of motorway successful the South West which is wherefore we are reminding drivers to program their journeys during the closure.

“We cautiously program our schemes to bounds immoderate inconvenience, but sometimes it's not imaginable to transportation retired the enactment that's needed without a closure.

“Our connection for anyone who plans to question connected the M4 astir Bristol is to debar the country if you tin – if that's not possible, let yourself plentifulness of other clip to implicit your travel via our signed diversion routes and expect delays.”

An probe successful 2023 revealed that the Badminton Road Bridge was undergoing superior deterioration.

The span has since been permanently closed, portion enactment connected a replacement operation is acceptable to statesman successful outpouring 2026.

This weekend's closure comes arsenic different large road, the A387 successful Cornwall, is besides set to close for a full six weeks.