M25 closure LIVE: UK motorway to close for 57 hours as Brits face weekend of journey chaos | UK | News | EUROtoday

An enormous chunk of the M25 is about to shut inside hours sparking a weekend of journey chaos for motorists in and round London.

At 9pm tonight, the UK’s busiest motorway will shut at junctions 10 and 11, with the closures remaining in place for 57 hours all through the weekend till 6am on Monday morning.

Widespread journey chaos is anticipated however motorists have been warned to not journey on the motorway until it’s completely mandatory. The motorway normally carries between 4,000 and 6,000 automobiles in every course each hour, so lengthy diversions are prone to spark lengthy delays.

The closure, the likes of which has not been seen because the stretch of street opened in 1975, will permit crews to knock down the Clearmount Bridleway bridge and set up a “very large” gantry instead, in line with National Highways.

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