Drivers are being advised to plan ahead as a section of the M5 will be fully closed near Bristol tomorrow night (March 4) to enable the removal of the superspan gantry damaged in yesterday’s tipper lorry crash. The incident led to widespread traffic chaos in the South West with the motorway having to be shut.
National Highways said that in order to remove the span across the southbound and northbound carriageways, the M5 will be closed between junction 17 and junction 18 from 8pm on Saturday night to 8am on Sunday morning. The junction 17 southbound entry slip road will also be closed for a short time tonight to enable work to isolate electrics and remove cabling from the structure.
Clearly signed diversions will be in place for the Saturday to Sunday overnight closure, with southbound traffic being sent from the J15 interchange to M4 junction 22 and the M49 to rejoin the M5 at junction 18. The northbound diversion will be in reverse.
