Reason : Congestion. Our work will include removing the old steel barrier, street lights, install new drainage and a new concrete barrier. M74 and A74(M), This is to avoid disturbing residents who live close to the motorway. M6 Traffic News, Updates & Travel Information The M6 is one of the busiest motorways in the UK - avoid its worst junctions, accident blackspots and planned roadworks with regular M6 traffic updates and news. A500, The old N6 used to pass through a series of Dublin commuter towns such as Rochfordbridge and Tyrellstown until a dual carriageway was opened in December 2006 as far as Tyrellstown, and Kilbeggan in May 2007. Learn how to create your own. Were currently carrying out deep excavation work in the verge area between junctions 24 and 26, which enables us to drill underneath the road. Even the scaled back version of the bypass was only granted planning permission in December 2008. Were also planning to close the M6 northbound junction 23 to 26 overnight on: View the M6 junction 23 to 26 northbound diversion. The road between the N6 at Doughiska and the N59 is an 8 km dual carriageway, and probably a high-quality one. Roadchef Sure enough, the bypass was left as a dual carriageway in the motorway redesignation round that was implemented in August 2009. These are to assess the ground conditions, for work to install the ducts and cables in the future. Low standard DC : 9.8 km. Map Directions Satellite Photo Map Wikipedia Photo: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0. The M6toll runs for 27 miles, from the M6 (Junction 3a)/ the M42 (Junction 9) and through the Midlands, re-joining the M6 at Junction 11a (near Cannock). Work is expected to be completed by March 2022. New M6, Tullamore, Athlone, Ballinasloe, Athenry, Galway, Jct 19-20 Ballinasloe-Galway (Redesignation). Most of the barrier will be removed during the day, but there are some areas where we need to remove parts of the barrier overnight. This represents a reset to the original routing. Well have no overnight lane, junction or carriageway closures from Tuesday 20 December until we return to site after the holiday period on Tuesday 3 January 2023. In total well be installing 65 new gantries. Providing much needed capacity on the motorway will reduce the cost of economic delay to both commuters and business traffic, continue to deliver a high level of safety performance on the network using smart motorway techniques, (External link - Opens in a new tab or window), M6J21a-26SmartMotorway@highwaysengland.co.uk, changes to our smart motorway programme across the north-west, m6j21a-26smartmotorway@nationalhighways.co.uk, 2020 Variable Mandatory Speed Limit Consultation, M6 junction 21a to 26 Variable Mandatory Speed Limit Consultation documen, Wednesday 15 to Friday 17 February, 9pm to 6am, Monday 27 February to Friday 3 March, 9pm to 6am, Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 February, 9pm to 6am, M6 junction 23 to 26 northbound. Comments, questions, errors, omissions, cash donationsget in touch! Skip to content Breakdown Cover Breakdown Cover UK Breakdown Cover Electric Car Breakdown Cover Van Breakdown Cover European Breakdown Cover East Athlone Motorway Services Area is due to open in November 2019. Retrieved from "https://motorwayservices.uk". The lead agency for the project, Galway County Council, estimates the road would take three years to construct. Our Junctions Our Junctions Travel to local destinations or use the full stretch of the M6toll motorway. Y2I3OTIyODFjMDI0Yzk1NjM1YWY5YmFlYjZmZGI3NDY2NDdlYzk3OWI4YmQ1 Open full screen to view more. InNpZ25hdHVyZSI6IjUxODQxOWJjMzYzYmIzZTFmYTMzODFkY2Y4NzYxMzk2 The closures will allow us to move from working in the central reservation to the remaining verge areas. The CEO of Galway Chamber, Kenny Deery, has said that the opponents of the Galway City Ring Road are "not connected with reality". All of our maps can be downloaded by clicking below. Westmorland, Show ratings for: However, a much closer approximation to the overall actual route of the M6 (heading north from its southern terminus) is provided by following the A45, A34, A50, A49, then the A6. "An Bord Pleanla has approved a multi-million euro road project, aimed at alleviating traffic congestion in Galway City. Changing Places meeting room YWZkMWFiNjZhYzBlYmU0YWZmOGQ1NGM4MzA2ZmZiNTQ1YjgwOGNkOTQ0NmFl These are Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. In subsequent years the motorway was extended piecemeal in both directions and is now 230 miles (370 km) long. To do this we first need to close the M6 to move the temporary metal and concrete barriers from the central reservation to the verge, and create the new work area. MTVlNzRiMzc2OGM4YzBjN2Q2YmY4NTM4ZjcyMjQzMGJhZGZhYzA5OGE2OGY5 The most northerly section of the motorway also opened in 1970, running to the designated terminus north of Carlisle. No exit from M40 southbound. Location in UK motorway network. M5, Work to remove the street lights is planned from the 10 May for around three weeks. Please note that that the A49 Warrington Road at Worsley Menses in Wigan will be closed overnight from the 7 June for five nights. Your access to this site was blocked by Wordfence, a security provider, who protects sites from malicious activity. on a smart motorway. You can click on a location to make a specific comment, or give us your general feedback. However, since the surface cannot be disturbed, this will mean that both tunnels will have to be drilled - an expensive option compared to cutting and covering. [14], The section of the M6 that runs over Shap Fell in Cumbria at Shap Summit is 1,036ft (316m) above sea level, one of the highest points on any motorway in the UK (Junction 22 of the M62 on Saddleworth Moor is higher). The N6 Galway City Ring Road would comprise dual and single lane carriageways, over an 18 kilometre route. Cost studies led to open abutments being selected generally, so that for standard situations overbridges have three or four spans, but most underbridges have single spans. There is no certainty the road will ever be built as inflation in the construction sector is so high and there is no doubt this road will facilitate car use in the city of Galway, which is against national policy. Our drainage work is largely unseen but does involve some substantial excavations. Mzk4MjFjZDVhZDAyYjA3ZDY1MjRmZDQ5Yzk0YmM3MTllNWRlMmY4OGIzMzc4 The new route, not a motorway but a dual carriageway, will end at the townland of Doughiska but a bypass will skirt the city to the north further out, before finally coming to an end at the N59 northwest of the city. M6 Alternatives to Motorway Services JustoffJunction lists services off motorway junctions. Securing the barriers can be noisy, and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. This will include removing street lights and communication cabinets from the verge areas, removing existing signs and preparing areas for new signs. Full details will be provided on this webpage soon. The Athlone-Ballinasloe section, including a bypass of Ballinasloe, had been first, in July 2009. 2254: M6 Motorway (Catthorpe Interchange) Connecting Roads Scheme 1987, Statutory Instrument 1990 No. It is also part of the eastwest route between the Midlands and the east-coast ports. It seems that Galway City Council got their wish and the bypass is quite far from the city centre and the existing bypass. YTU5NmMzMzE5YzNmMGRkNTc3NzkxMzMxMzg3MTk3Y2I0ZGIwMTRlYmFlMzk5 OWU3NWFkMzRjOTM5OTMzNmIzMDE5ZWE4MmFiMjY5NzJkZTEyNTE5YTNiMTQz Facilities and staff, Hide A-road services Show my current location, Include: postcode EV charging points Outdoor Space (beta) The overnight closures, between 9pm and 6am, will take place on the following: Clearly signed diversion routes will be in place for each closure. [29] As of July 2012[update] the road between Junctions 3A and 11A now carries 120,000 motor vehicles every day.[30]. The M6 motorway spans over 230 miles in length and covers the Midlands, through to the north of the UK, and upwards into the Scottish border. Comments, questions, errors, omissions, cash donationsget in touch. Read our newsletter to find out more on what is planned next and how to sign up for future updates. 2023 Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than 4m after its workers twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway causing cables to land in the path of passing vehicles. When the scheme is complete messages on the gantries will be operated from our Regional Operations Centre. 252: County Council of West Midlands (M6 Motorway Junction 10) (Connecting Road) Scheme 1985 Confirmation Instrument 1987, Statutory Instrument 1987 No. To carry out this work we will need to cone off areas of the hard shoulder as we work during the day. The road from Dublin to Galway is around 200 kilometres long and uses the M4 motorway for the first 60 km, and the M6 for the remainder. The 73 ft high Borrowbeck viaduct is close to and 10 ft higher than the stone arch railway viaduct carrying the West Coast main line to Glasgow. In September 2008, the new dual carriageway sections were all designated M6 and were subjected to motorway conditions. When moving the traffic management, nearby residents may notice more noise in the area than normal. Well be providing an update on the project in the new year, as well as publishing a summary report of the responses we received to the consultation. M6 northbound and southbound between Junction 10A and 11 Hilton Park Southbound M6 northbound and southbound between Junction 10A and 11 Kinross M90 Junction 6 Knutsford Northbound M6 northbound and southbound between Junction 18 and 19 Knutsford Southbound M6 northbound and southbound between Junction 18 and 19 Junction 8a: Oxford via the A40 and Aylesbury via the A418. This will include narrowed lanes with a reduced speed limit. 1966 saw junction 11 to 13 completed.1968 saw the completion of the Walsall to Stafford link as well as the Penrith by-pass some 150 miles (240km) north in Cumberland. Email: M6J21a-26SmartMotorway@highwaysengland.co.uk, Post: Agnes Usciak, Highways England, 2 Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6BN. In the coming weeks we will finish work in the central reservation between junctions 23 and 26. Lane 2 continues ahead. The M6 contains all kinds of ground-breaking sections: the section along the Lake District has won awards for enhancing the landscape, for example. M55, ZjA3OTRjZTJiODE1OWQ2NDgxZjU1MWMxZDcwN2JkZGVkMmZmOTFjNjFiMTQ1 M54, ZDk0N2JkNmI2ODJiMzYzOTZjMzk0ZGQ0NTQwMjNkNjFiMmE3ZWEzZmViMGJi Viewed from above it looks like a criss-cross of roads and interchanges. The Gorge cleaves through a geological fault line in the band of hills which joins the Pennines with the Lake District fells. Monday 30 January, Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 February, 9pm to 6am, M6 junction 26 to 23 southbound. The crash happened after the M6 southbound between Junction 13, Stafford, and Junction 12, Cannock, was closed yesterday after a lorry crashed and lost its rear axle. This website contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. By 1971 the full route was completed between the junction with the M1 motorway at Rugby and the A38 road several miles north-east of Birmingham city centre,[9] including Bromford Viaduct between Castle Bromwich (J5) and Gravelly Hill (J6), which at 3.5 miles (5.6km) is the longest viaduct in Great Britain. MGQ4ZTEzODgyMzY3MjZmMmU0YTIzMzJiYjA1ZjlhNTFhZGZhOTg4Yzk2M2E4 Over the next few months we will be carrying out vegetation clearance, treating old mine works, strengthening manholes on the hard shoulder and preparing the foundations for sign and gantry bases. M69, Weve also published our Environmental Assessment Report for the project, which you can find under the Project background tab in the documents section of this webpage.