{"id":922838,"date":"2026-04-27T23:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/922838\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:30:20","slug":"motorway-near-birmingham-to-close-for-nine-nights-with-huge-diversion-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/922838\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorway near Birmingham to close for nine nights with huge diversion route"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major Midland motorway is set to shut completely in one direction for nine nights out of 12 to allow for key works\"Google<\/p>\n

The M5 motorway with signs for the junction 4 turn off northbound near Birmingham (Image: Google)<\/p>\n

A Midland motorway running past Birmingham is set to close in part for nine nights in the coming fortnight with a major diversion in place.<\/p>\n

The M5 is set to close overnight in one direction for five nights this week and four nights next week, with the final closure on Friday, May 8.<\/p>\n

The northbound carriageway will shut overnight between Junction 4, for Birmingham<\/a> south west, and Stourbridge<\/a> and Junction 3 for Birmingham west and central and Kidderminster.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Taxi overturns in two-car Birmingham crash as road closed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The carriageway will be closed from 9pm to 6am the following morning from today, Monday, April 27.<\/p>\n

It will have the same closure in place from Monday to Friday this week, April 27 to May 1.<\/p>\n

The closure will return after the Bank Holiday weekend and be in operation from Tuesday, May 5, to Friday, May 8, ending at 6am on Saturday, May 9.<\/p>\n

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National Highways said: \u201cWe\u2019re completing resurfacing work on the M5 near Birmingham from tonight until Friday, May 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor safety, we’ll fully close the northbound carriageway between junctions 4 and 3 overnight on weekdays. No closure Monday, May 4.<\/p>\n

While the closure in place, Frankley Services will also be closed at those times.<\/p>\n

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A map showing the M5 doversion route during the closure of the motorway between junctions 4 and 3 for nine nights out of 12 in the next two weeks (Image: National Highways )<\/p>\n

The diversion will send northbound traffic across on the A491 to Hagley in Worcestershire<\/a> and then back over to Junction 3 of the motorway, driving past the base of the Black Country and Halesowen.<\/p>\n

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National Highways said: \u201cClosures and diversion – M5 northbound between junction 4 and junction 3 closed:<\/p>\n

\u201cMonday 27 April to Friday 1 May; Tuesday 5 May to Friday 8 May. Closed overnight (9pm \u2013 6am) on each date.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease note: Frankley Moto service station will not be accessible during closures.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccess for emergency service vehicles will be maintained in emergency situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease remember that closures can change at short notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can check the latest information on our daily closures page or find live travel information on our Traffic England [site].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major Midland motorway is set to shut completely in one direction for nine nights out of 12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,9163,748,393,4884,258655,14987,16936,108786,16823,16,15,9162],"class_list":["post-922838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-black-country","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-hagley","tag-halesowen","tag-kidderminster","tag-m5","tag-stourbridge","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-worcestershire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116479277687658504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922838","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=922838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}