{"id":45081,"date":"2025-04-23T23:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T23:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/45081\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T23:18:14","slug":"drivers-face-full-m4-bridge-closures-within-days-with-plan-your-journey-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/45081\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers face full M4 bridge closures within days with ‘plan your journey’ warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The major route will be closed overnight at the end of the monthNews<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Dalling<\/strong> and Shannon Brown<\/strong> Reporter<\/p>\n

14:23, 23 Apr 2025Updated 15:25, 23 Apr 2025<\/p>\n

\"DriversDrivers have been warned to plan ahead of a series of overnight closures on the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge(Image: SWNS.com)<\/p>\n

Motorists using the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge<\/a> between England and Wales have been advised to plan ahead and allow for extra travel time as the final phase of resurfacing commences.<\/p>\n

National Highways has announced that it needs to complete its work to waterproof and resurface 1km of the cable-stayed bridge as part of its long-term maintenance plan.<\/p>\n

The necessary work will be carried out via a combination of overnight and lane closures, with a temporary contraflow and reduced speed limit on the bridge to maintain two open lanes in each direction.<\/p>\n

The work is set to kick off with some overnight closures at the end of April for preparation and to establish the contraflow for early May.<\/p>\n

The contraflow is expected to remain in place until July, weather<\/a> permitting, with the work projected to be fully completed by autumn.<\/p>\n

Westbound overnight closures are required to finish the resurfacing works on the westbound carriageway.<\/p>\n

These include a four-night closure from Sunday, April 27 (9pm \u2013 6am) with a diversion via the M48 Severn Bridge.<\/p>\n

Narrow lanes and a contraflow will then be installed under overnight closures in preparation for eastbound resurfacing, reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Full overnight closures are scheduled for Thursday, May 1 ,for two nights, (9pm \u2013 6am) affecting both eastbound and westbound carriageways.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, May 6, both eastbound and westbound carriageways will be closed overnight from 9pm to 6am.<\/p>\n

The following night, Wednesday, May 7, will see the same closure for the eastbound carriageway.<\/p>\n

A diversion via the M48 Severn Bridge will be in place from 6am on Wednesday, May 7, with a contraflow system and a 40mph limit across the bridge.<\/p>\n

HGVs will have access to both running lanes, including the contraflow lane.<\/p>\n

National Highways has announced plans to implement a 7.5t weight restriction for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on the M48 Severn Bridge from May 27, expected to last between 12 to 18 months.<\/p>\n

This decision comes after routine surveys revealed that the main bridge cables had “deteriorated and weakened”.<\/p>\n

To maintain the bridge’s accessibility for most traffic, the load on these cables needs to be reduced, which currently means removing the heaviest goods vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The major route will be closed overnight at the end of the monthNews Robert Dalling and Shannon Brown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,9730,9731,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-45081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-m4-motorway","13":"tag-traffic-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114389837741226262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45081","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=45081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}