String of major road closures will hit THIS WEEKEND – check our map and see if you’ll be affected

DRIVERS are bracing for a drawstring of large roadworthy closures this weekend, with fractional a twelve of the nation's busiest routes shutting down.

National Highways is urging motorists to program their journeys successful beforehand and expect delays and diversions.

The bureau mostly tries to docket closures overnight connected the weekends successful bid to minimise disruption to traffic, particularly commuters.

But this does mean that anyone looking to question implicit the weekends could find themselves facing other congestion and agelong waits.

In its latest roadworthy closure report, National Highways has listed immoderate of the astir important A-road closures acceptable for the coming days.

Perhaps the largest is the A1 (M) successful the North East, which tally concurrently with portion of the A1 successful connecting London with Edinburgh.

On some Saturday and Sunday, the main carriageway volition beryllium closed southbound from J37 to J36 from 8pm to 6am.

This volition impact the Marr Interchange conscionable northbound of Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Likewise, the A1 volition besides spot a closure northbound from J65 to J66 arsenic it passes done Washington connected Saturday.

This volition past reopen astatine 6am connected Sunday earlier the aforesaid agelong closes successful the other absorption from 8pm Sunday to 5am Monday.

Elsewhere, the A14 volition adjacent westbound from J13 to J9 astatine 8pm connected Saturday night, reopening astatine 6am the adjacent day.

But determination volition beryllium "limited section access" to the carriageway to let drivers to determination astir the country of Northamptonshire that it covers.

Other smaller closures include:

• The A259 from Mill Road to Tanyard Lane successful West Sussex (Saturday)
• The A36 astatine Warminster Road successful Bath (Saturday & Sunday)
• The A638 eastbound astatine Redhouse adjacent Wakefield (Saturday)
• The A2 from Eastern Docks to Duke of York roundabout successful Dover (Sunday)

All of these volition hap from 8pm to 6am, but for the A638 closure which volition past to 5am connected Sunday morning.

Full accusation connected the reasons for the closures and immoderate planned diversion routes tin beryllium recovered connected the National Highways website