MORE misery for motorists heading into Warrington from south of the Manchester Ship Canal is likely as yet more maintenance work starts on the high level bridge at Latchford.
Work will be carried out in phases and the borough council has made orders for temporary prohibitions of driving and footpath closures along the full length of the bridge over a period six weeks.
Phase One will include the closure of the Bridge between 9pm on Fridays and 6am on Mondays for the weekends of October 7-10, 14-17, 21-24 and 28-31.
The second phase will include closure of the bridge between 9.30am and 3.30pm from Monday October 31 to Friday, November 4 and from Monday, November 7 to Friday November 11.
Access will be under the control of the contractor and signs will be in place during the works.
Alternative routes will be as follows:
Station Road westbound traffic via Wash Lane, A5061 Station Road westbound traffic via Wash Lane, A5061 Knutsford Road, A50 Kingsway South, A50 Knutsford Road, Hunts Lane and Ackers Road.
Station Road eastbound traffic via A50 Knutsford Road, Hunts Lane and Ackers Road.
Ackers Road westbound traffic via A56 Grappenhall Road, A49 London Road, A49 Wilderspool Causeway, A5061 Knutsford Road, and Wash Lane.
Ackers Road eastbound traffic via Hunts Lane, A50 Knutsford Road, B5156 Station Road.
The reason for the restrictions are to allow for structural maintenance and carriageway resurfacing works to be carried out to the bridge by the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
MORE misery for motorists heading into Warrington from south of the
Manchester Ship Canal is likely as yet more maintenance work starts on
the high level bridge at Latchford.
Bridge misery for motorists
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Surely with all the money that has been spent on this infernal bridge over the past twenty years; it would have been cheaper to build a new one!