{"id":169087,"date":"2025-06-09T02:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169087\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T02:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:05:14","slug":"m42-drivers-and-birmingham-airport-visitors-on-alert-over-nine-hour-closure-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169087\/","title":{"rendered":"M42 drivers and Birmingham Airport visitors on alert over nine-hour closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists using the A45 face nine hours of disruption with the eastbound carriageway closed tonight<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_A45.png\" alt=\"The A45 near the M42\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The A45 near the M42(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Motorists using the M42 and visitors to Birmingham Airport have been put on alert over the closure of a nearby A-road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">National Highways warned motorists of a nine-hour closure of the A45 in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/solihull\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Solihull<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The eastbound carriageway will close from 9pm today, Sunday, June 8, until 6am tomorrow, Monday, June 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/cosford-air-show-passengers-fume-31811892\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Cosford Air Show passengers fume as trains home axed at last-minute<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object] Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp <\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The closure is in place from Junction 6 of the M42 to the Stonebridge Roundabout around a mile away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The carriageway will be closed as part of bridge construction works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is set to cause disruption for motorists using the M42 who exit at Junction 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">While visitors travelling to and from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> Airport could also face disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/two-court-after-shots-fired-31810600\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Two in court after shots fired in Midland road<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/major-cannabis-farm-busted-midlands-31809895\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">&#8216;Major&#8217; cannabis farm busted on Midlands high street after call from British Gas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/gangsters-who-used-drill-rap-31786459\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Gangsters who used drill rap videos to lure children into drug dealing network jailed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/cosford-air-show-passengers-fume-31811892\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Cosford Air Show passengers fume as trains home axed at last-minute<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Issuing a notice on its website, National Highways said: &#8220;A45 eastbound M42 Jct 6 to Stonebridge Roundabout, carriageway closure.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists using the A45 face nine hours of disruption with the eastbound carriageway closed tonightThe A45 near the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,2671,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-169087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-solihull","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114650960791071130","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}