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Following an eastbound bridge joint failure in the spring, a contraflow is now in operation on Ouse Bridge Start date April 2022 End date 2024 Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Related road projects Latest updates 22 October 2024 Changes to speed limits on Ouse Bridge As of Monday 21 October 2024, the eastbound carriageway of the M62 O…

Back Published 04 September 2024 Press Release Drivers are being reminded that a key section of the M62 - the country’s main trans-Pennine route - will be closed for two full weekends this month - with the first weekend closure beginning this Friday night (6 September). Network Rail is replacing a railway bridge over the M62 b…

Network Rail is replacing the existing bridge that takes trains over the M62, between junction 19 and 20 near Rochdale. Start date April 2024 End date October 2024 Cost £27 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 25 September 2024 Thank you for your patience We'd like to thank road users and the local community for their understanding following a series of M…

Back Published 18 February 2025 Press Release News Drivers planning to use the M62 between Manchester and Warrington over the next two weekends are being advised of important repair work between junction 12 at Eccles interchange with the M60 and junction 11 at Birchwood. National Highways is carrying out targeted resurfacing along the westbound carriageway from Friday night until Su…

Back Published 18 September 2024 Press Release Drivers planning to use the motorway network around Rochdale, Oldham and north Manchester this weekend are being urged to check traffic conditions before setting out on journeys - with the M62 totally closed between 9pm on Friday night (20 September) and 6am on Monday morning (23 September) to allow Network Rail to complete its important …

Back Published 09 September 2024 Press Release Drivers are being reminded that a key section of the M62 will be closed nightly in both directions over the next two weeks. Network Rail is replacing a railway bridge over the M62 between junction 19 at Heywood and junction 20 at Rochdale. The old bridge was successfully removed during a weekend closure of the motorway this week…

Back Published 23 September 2024 Press Release National Highways is thanking motorway users, other drivers and local residents for their patience and support after a series of M62 closures and associated diversions over the last few weeks. Network Rail was replacing a bridge over the M62 b…

We are upgrading dynamic hard shoulder motorways – starting with the central reservation barriers Start date April 2022 End date Autumn 2023 Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 26 October 2023 Main work completed - Autumn 2023 Our main work on the M62 junctions 25 to 30 is complete. We were able to remove the traffic management in September, reducing the i…

We’re carrying out maintenance schemes on bridges across Yorkshire, improving safety for thousands of drivers. Start date 7 April 2025 End date March 2026 Cost TBC Overview Documents How we’ll work  To work safely, we’ll need a mixture of lane and road closures. We'll work at the least busy times of the day or week to minimise disruption. To minimise disruption to road users, we'll work ov…

Connecting the country M62 by Scammonden Reservoir, West Yorkshire A1 National Highways manages and improves England’s 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that A19 A69 Newcastle upon Tyne National Highways’ make up the strategic road network. This network Carlisle A1 Sunderland strategic road network plays a vital role in everyday life and is crucial to M6 Motorway A1(M) A66 Major …