'Complete closure' of M56 section set for this weekend
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThere will be a full weekend closure of the M56 between junctions 5 and 7 this week for final upgrade work. The motorway will be shut between 9pm on Friday September 9 and 6am on Monday September 12.
National Highways are installing stop vehicle detection technology and undertaking surfacing work. To ‘reduce the impact on customers’, they're lifting the closure on Sunday morning to accommodate fans travelling to Manchester United’s home game on Sunday afternoon.
Following this, the road will be open to traffic at 60 mph with extra lanes running both east and westbound, in place of the old hard shoulders. READ MORE: Residents baffled after workers resurface road AROUND parked cars The eastbound M56 will be closed from Junction 9 at Lymm interchange with the M6 to Junction 5 for Manchester Airport.
The westbound carriageway will be closed from Junction 5 to Junction 8 at Bowdon. Clearly-signed diversions will be in place and access to the airport is to be continued via the westbound M56 at junction 5.
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