'Significant' delay warning as M6 Junction closes again this weekend
Drivers are being reminded to avoid Junction 10 of the M6 this weekend – as major works take place on the installation of a second four-lane bridge.
National Highways has urged anyone who cannot avoid the area should allow extra time for their journeys, including football fans travelling to follow their teams.
Over the weekend, 44 metre-long steel bridge beams, weighing up to 120 tonnes, will be lowered into place as part of the £78 million improvement scheme at Junction 10 in Walsall.
Replacing the 50-year-old bridges currently in place, the two new wider structures will tackle the congestion at the busy junction.
Work was successfully carried out on the north bridge in August – and similar works are now needed to lift the beams into place for the south bridge, which will take place from tomorrow until the morning of Monday, September 27.
For the safety of both the workforce and road users, the motorway will be closed in both directions while the work takes place. Traffic will follow an ‘up and over’ diversion at Junction 10 which will leave the motorway at the junction, travel over the roundabout and then rejoin the M6 on the other side
The M6 southbound will close at the junction at 8pm tomorrow, while the northbound carriageway closes at 11pm.
