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.

The work will see the M42 closed at night to allow for work on the overhead gantries. Photo: National Highways
The work will see the M42 closed at night to allow for work on the overhead gantries. Photo: National Highways