One of UK’s busiest motorways closed all weekend causing travel chaos

Drivers are having a nightmare owed to the closure of the M4 adjacent Bristol this weekend.

They’re being urged to debar the country betwixt junctions 18 and 19 connected 1 of the busiest sections of the UK’s motorways.

A National Highways spokesperson said: ‘If that’s not possible, let yourself plentifulness of other clip to implicit your travel via our signed diversion routes and expect delays.’

It’s a captious nexus for drivers travelling to Welsh cities similar Cardiff and Newport from crossed the southbound of England.

Local diversions volition beryllium successful place, apt resulting successful dense congestion.

Along with a 50mph velocity bounds approaching the closure, this could origin important disruption.

The motorway is closed from 7pm yesterday to 6am connected Monday to facilitate works connected the Badminton Road bridge, which is owed to beryllium demolished adjacent year.

Before then, utilities housed wrong it indispensable beryllium moved, truthful contractors are digging trenches crossed the motorway to let this.

First built successful 1966, a structural inspection past twelvemonth recovered cracking and accelerated deterioration successful the bridge, prompting the determination to teardrop it down.

A replacement should beryllium implicit by Spring 2026.

The span volition beryllium closed for further works betwixt 7pm connected October 25 and 6am connected October 28.

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