Drivers brace for travel carnage as Dartford crossing to close for 7 HOURS this weekend – will your journey be affected? | 9Y66L6C | 2024-02-28 12:08:01
The QEII Bridge over the
DRIVERS have been warned to anticipate major delays this weekend as the Dartford Crossing is about to shut for seven hours.
The QEII Bridge over the Thames is about to close from 10pm to 5am tonight and Sunday night time.
The bridge is used by around 180,000 automobiles day by day and the closures are expected to lead to delays in the area.
Drivers planning on using the bridge are strongly suggested to watch journey alerts. Contraflow diversions shall be in place in the course of the closures.
Closures type part of National Highways maintenance plans for the bridge which have been ongoing since last summer time.
The agency has been working within the west-bore tunnel at night time to
conduct repairs to the tunnel's infrastructure.
It links in with the M25 London Orbital Motorway, one of many busiest stretches of street in Europe.
It carries over 50 million automobiles a yr and has been designed to handle 135,000 automobiles a day, however typically carries the new average of 150,000 a day and as much as 180,000 automobiles during busier durations.
Nationwide Highways stated: "We're finishing up an in depth programme of repairs and maintenance work over the subsequent several years to keep journeys protected and reliable for street users."
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> Drivers have additionally been warned to concentrate on potential flooding this weekend on account of heavy rain.
Forecasters have urged Brits not to journey within the floods – with as little of 30cm capable of drown a automotive.
A spokesperson for the Met Workplace stated: "Patchy fog and frost will carry to go away many elements dry with sunny spells.
"Nevertheless, showers will affect western areas, and the south coast of England, and some will develop elsewhere in the course of the day.&
"[As we head into tonight] a lot of the showers will die out through the early evening, leaving a largely dry night time with clear spells.
"Some fog and frost returning. Rain arriving within the southwest later."
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