Roadworks will see a West Midlands motorway shut for four nights - here's where and when
There's set to be a series of four night time closures on a major section of the M42 as work continues to update and modernise the motorway.
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The M42 will see closures from the link road between the M6 to Junction 9 for the Dunton Interchange at different time periods from Monday, February 24 to Friday, February 28 to allow for work on the overhead gantries.
The work follows on from the addition of the new A4545 link road in December.
The work on the northbound section will see the section between Junction 6 for Birmingham and the NEC and Junction 9 for Dunton closed between 9pm and 5am on Monday and Tuesday and from 11pm to 5am from Wednesday to Friday.
From Tuesday to Thursday, the M6 Junction 4a link road will be closed between 9am and 5pm, while the M6 Northbound to M42 Southbound link road will also be closed between 9am and 5pm.
A spokesman for National Highways said: "From Monday, February 24 to Friday, February 28, we’ll be working on overhead gantries across the M42.
"To work safely, we’ll need the following overnight closures.
"The M42 northbound between Junctions 6 and 9 will be closed on Monday, February 24 and Tuesday, February 25 overnight between 9pm to 5am and on Wednesday, February 26, Thursday, February 27 and Friday February 28 overnight between 11pm to 5am.
"The M6 junction 4a link roads will be closed on Tuesday, February 25, Wednesday, February 26 and Thursday, February 27 overnight between 9pm to 5am.
"The M6 Northbound to M42 Southbound link road will be closed on Tuesday, February 25, Wednesday, February 26 and Thursday, February 27 overnight between 9pm to 5am.
"Please remember that closures can change at short notice.
"You can check the latest information on our daily closures page or find live travel information on our Traffic England.
"Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network.
"We apologise in advance for any inconvenience during these works.
"We're making every effort to keep noise down and minimise disruption."
