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The top of the road has been closed to cars for months(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\nThe closure has caused a headache for drivers trying to get into the city centreThe top of the road has been closed to cars for months(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n
A section of an important Liverpool road has been shut for over two months. Cars and buses have been able to access Old Hall Street from the junction of Leeds Street and The Strand after it was closed to traffic on June 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n Emergency services were called to the area that day after receiving a report from Berkeley Shaw. The firm is the building manager of Beetham Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the city. It called about a sculpture called Connections \u2013 Face of Liverpool. The abstract monument by Stephen Broadbent is located on its premises but was reported to be leaning at a “concerning angle”<\/a>.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Merseyside Police confirmed to the ECHO that officers were at the scene that day to help manage traffic. They said they had received a call from the fire service about the \u201cunsafe structure\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n Pedestrians can still use that stretch of the road, but the pavement is closed nearest to the structure. The diversion has caused a bit of a headache for commuters. Old Hall Street allows people driving from Leeds Street and The Strand to quickly access the city\u2019s business district.<\/p>\n This area includes the offices of the Liverpool ECHO<\/a> and law firm Hill Dickinson<\/a>, the sponsors of Everton\u2019s<\/a> new stadium, in St Paul’s Square, as well as the passport office at 101 Old Hall Street.<\/p>\n The issue is further complicated by the maze of one-way systems and road designs that surround Old Hall Street. The road goes down to a single lane when you go past the Cotton Exchange. You can’t get onto the road from Bixteth Street either as it leads on to St Paul’s Square, which is pedestrianised.<\/p>\n Currently drivers can only access Old Hall Street by going via Chapel Street, then on to Rumford Place and Union Street. The 54A and the 136 buses have also had to change their route.<\/p>\n Berkeley Shaw, which manages the Beetham Tower estate on behalf of the landowner and which is co-ordinating repair works on its behalf, has been issuing updates on Old Hall Street since it closed.<\/p>\n![\"Connections:](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Old-Hall-Street-in-Liverpool-closed-September-3-2025-pic-2jpeg.jpg\")
Connections: Face of Liverpool on September 3 2025, which is leaning at a “concerning angle”(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n
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Old Hall Street from the junction with Leeds Street(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n