Road bridge over M25 in Surrey closed all weekend
A road bridge over the M25 is closed all weekend with diversions in place due to roadworks. National Highways South East says the closure, which began at 21:00 BST on Friday, is in place on the Cobham Road to re-waterproof the bridge and replace an 18-year-old joint.The closure does not affect the M25 and the bridge will be reopened by 06:00 BST on Monday, the agency says. A National Highways spokesperson said: "We're working closely with both major and local roadworks to ensure our closures and diversion routes are coordinated effectively."
This bridge is located on Cobham Road between Shamrock Close and River Lane in Fetcham.Access to all nearby properties and businesses on both sides of the Cobham Road bridge will remain available. However, motorists will not be able to drive across the bridge during the works.The full diversion route is available here.A second weekend closure of the bridge will be needed later in 2025, the agency says.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Sun
4 hours ago
- The Sun
M69 traffic: Busy motorway used by 100,000 drivers per day SHUTS due to ‘serious crash' as emergency crews swoop
A "SERIOUS" crash has left a major motorway closed this morning - with delays for "several hours". Police and ambulance crews scrambled to the scene on the M69 in Leicestershire just before 1am on Saturday. Recovery vehicles have also been called to the northbound carriageway between junction 1 (Hinckley) and the M1 link at junction 21. National Highways said: "The M69 is closed northbound between between J1 (Hinckley) and the M1 link at J21 due to a serious collision. "Leicestershire Police and National Highways Traffic Officers are currently on scene. "Due to ongoing police investigations the closure will remain in place for several hours." 1
BBC News
4 hours ago
- BBC News
Road bridge over M25 in Surrey closed all weekend
A road bridge over the M25 is closed all weekend with diversions in place due to roadworks. National Highways South East says the closure, which began at 21:00 BST on Friday, is in place on the Cobham Road to re-waterproof the bridge and replace an 18-year-old closure does not affect the M25 and the bridge will be reopened by 06:00 BST on Monday, the agency says. A National Highways spokesperson said: "We're working closely with both major and local roadworks to ensure our closures and diversion routes are coordinated effectively." This bridge is located on Cobham Road between Shamrock Close and River Lane in to all nearby properties and businesses on both sides of the Cobham Road bridge will remain available. However, motorists will not be able to drive across the bridge during the full diversion route is available here.A second weekend closure of the bridge will be needed later in 2025, the agency says.
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
What could solve Ipswich Orwell Bridge traffic chaos?
Motorists have faced severe delays this week due to repair work on the Orwell Bridge near businesses have reported losses due to the long delays, calling it "chaos", while others have criticised the timing of the works over the busy summer Highways said the work was essential, but appreciated disruption had been at least seven weeks' worth of work still to go, will disruption worsen, and what solutions could there be? What is happening on the Orwell Bridge and why? National Highways began work, which is costing £6m, on 16 June to replace two expansion joints on the westbound carriageway over the Orwell work is expected to finish in mid to late current joints date back to 1988 and are crucial for providing a flexible connection between bridge replaced, they are expected to last for 50 years. Why has the Orwell Bridge traffic been so bad? National Highways has a series of lane closures, full closures and contraflow systems it is putting in place during the Monday, there has been a lane closure on the eastbound carriageway over the bridge, which has caused severe have gone back as far as Sproughton and caused delays on the A12 at the Copdock have also been making use of local roads in an attempt to divert away from the traffic, which has caused other knock-on delays. Is Orwell Bridge traffic expected to get worse? National Highways warned traffic was expected to worsen from Thursday, when a lane closure would also be implemented on the westbound it said on Wednesday night it had delayed this to overnight on Friday and would be fully operational from 06:00 BST Saturday. Martin Fellows, regional director for the East Region at National Highways, thanked drivers for their patience."We remain confident that all works will be completed by mid to late August, as originally planned," he said. "The A14 will still be your best route whilst we are doing this work, so please stay on the A14, but allow extra time for your journey." Will we see this again? While no date has yet been given, National Highways has said it would need to replace the eastbound carriageway's expansion joints as well at some would be expected that similar closures would be needed for this. What are the solutions? The travel issues have sparked conversations around what mitigations could be put in place to counteract the delays drivers are of the solutions spoken about was the Northern plan has been discussed for a number of years, but confidence in it grew when Suffolk County Council seriously considered it several years 2019, the county council launched a public consultation to gauge public interest in a relief road that would mitigate traffic issues seen in and around possible routes were proposed that would link the A14/A140 and the in order to gain government funding, 15,000 new homes would need to be built - something people protested against due to environmental plans were then abandoned when the local authorities failed to agree on well as another route, people have called for the speed limit over the bridge to be reduced to help lower the number of came after an economic report said the road was "not fit for purpose" due to repeated incidents caused by collisions and Mr Fellows from National Highways said this could not happen without evidence to suggest it was given to the BBC earlier this year showed there had been a significant closure caused by collisions about every four days, on average, between 2021 and 2024. What do people think about the Northern Bypass? Labour MP for Ipswich, Jack Abbott, has been vocal about his support for a Northern Bypass, or any solution that positively tackles the claimed Conservative-led Suffolk County Council had adopted a "do-nothing approach", something he found "deeply frustrating"."If Suffolk County Council and the Conservatives want to come to me and come forward with a different set of proposals, I'm all ears, I think we absolutely need to see progress," he said."It's deeply frustrating that five years since they canned the Northern Bypass, we've seen such little action here." Businesses also caught up in this week's delays have called for the Northern Bypass to be considered Trent, owner of Dan's Coach Travel based in Stowmarket, said it was "needed"."Whether I'm going to see it or not, who knows?" he continued. "If we had that Northern Bypass now, we wouldn't have half of this trouble."Let's face it, it's not just the roadworks, there's quite often problems on the bridge, and that would take so much pressure off." What have the authorities said on the Northern Bypass? Suffolk County Council said it was committed to working to relieve the traffic issues around the A14 and Orwell Bridge."The council's cabinet voted in 2020 not to proceed with a bypass proposal because the business case required the building of 15,000 homes, which the district councils were not prepared to add above their local plans," a spokesperson said."This remains the position, and without that, and without substantial new government funding, it is simply not a viable proposal."National Highways has been approached for comment, but has said previously it would "work hard to keep the strategic road network moving" and it supported "economic growth". Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
