Drivers are being warned to expect long delays due to a motorway closure this weekend.
National Highways confirmed it will be closing a section of the M56 in Runcorn to install a new 67 metre bridge across the motorway. The motorway will be closed in both directions this weekend as a replacement bridge along the A533 is lifted into place.
The large steel structure, which will replace the existing A533 Expressway bridge, has been constructed off-site nearby and is now ready to be lifted into position. The bridge installation will require a full weekend closure of the M56 in both directions between junctions 11 and 12.
