Major motorway used by 50,000 drivers every day to close for 70-year-old bridge to be demolished and replaced

MOTORISTS person been warned to expect delays arsenic a large motorway utilized by thousands is acceptable to beryllium demolished.

The hugely fashionable 70-year-old span is to beryllium replaced, forcing the 50,000 drivers utilizing it regular to beryllium taxable to imaginable postulation and diversions.

Lane closures volition commencement popping up connected the M6 successful Cumbria arsenic the span is prepared to beryllium replaced.

The railway span has been successful usage for 7 decades and is yet being taken down and renewed.

Major roadworks volition commence this period causing ample disruptions connected the three-mile agelong southbound of Junction 40 adjacent Penrith.

National Highways has enactment successful postulation absorption measures to curb congestion up of the captious £60million project.

As it stands, the span tin enactment conscionable 1 bid astatine a clip which is said to origin agelong waiting times for passengers and freight services.

Network Rail stated the renewed span is indispensable arsenic the existent 1 has reached the extremity of its life.

The span is said to beryllium demolished and rebuilt successful astonishingly accelerated clip - lone 2 weeks.

In preparation, Network Rail engineers person already arrived astatine the tract to program the works contempt it not going up until January 2026.

When the task afloat commences determination volition beryllium a reduced fig of lanes connected the northbound M6.

This is to guarantee operation workers tin safely spell to and from the enactment site.

Other information measures volition besides beryllium implemented to supply harmless entree and postulation absorption volition beryllium introduced passim the project.

When 2026 yet comes around, drivers should support an oculus retired for the slew of closures acceptable to instrumentality place.

A closure volition instrumentality spot connected the evening of January 2 until the greeting of January 5.

The play following, determination volition beryllium closures from January 9 to January 12.

The sparkling caller span volition span 135m crossed the M6 and supply a much-needed revamp to the Cumbrian structure.

Network Rail sponsor Olivia Boland said: "This task is indispensable arsenic the span has reached the extremity of its life.

"We're moving with National Highways to marque definite we tin transportation retired our enactment arsenic safely arsenic imaginable with arsenic small inconvenience to section radical and the travelling public."

Steve Mason, National Highways programme transportation manager, added: "This is an indispensable Network Rail task to unafraid the future of 1 of the astir important railway lines successful the country.

"We'll beryllium moving intimately with Network Rail passim to support motorway users and section radical up to day with developments."