In the UK, work to connect sections of the new €223 million A556 Knutsford to Bowdon dual carriageway, between the M6 and M56 in Cheshire, will get underway in earnest at the weekend with the opening of its first bridge.
The route of the road, forming a link between junction 19 of the M6 motorway at Knutsford and junction 7 of the M56 motorway at Bowdon, has been taking shape for some time.
However, the need to keep open existing roads which cross the route of the new dual carriageway while it is being built means it has yet to be connected from end to end. Work to move these roads onto bridges over the new road is now underway.
The A50 from Mere, Chapel Lane from Bucklow Hill and Millington Lane – all with junctions along the existing A556 – are all currently running across the path of the new A556 with the route of the new road being excavated on either side of them.
Each of the roads will be realigned and moved onto newly-built bridges crossing the new dual carriageway - with the A50 work due for completion by 30 August. By then, all traffic heading between High Legh and Mere crossroads will have started using the new A50 bridge.
Work to run traffic over the new bridges at Chapel Lane and Millington Lane – as well as a new bridge providing farm access at Bentleyhurst Lane – will be done over the next few months.
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The route of the road, forming a link between junction 19 of the M6 motorway at Knutsford and junction 7 of the M56 motorway at Bowdon, has been taking shape for some time.
However, the need to keep open existing roads which cross the route of the new dual carriageway while it is being built means it has yet to be connected from end to end. Work to move these roads onto bridges over the new road is now underway.
The A50 from Mere, Chapel Lane from Bucklow Hill and Millington Lane – all with junctions along the existing A556 – are all currently running across the path of the new A556 with the route of the new road being excavated on either side of them.
Each of the roads will be realigned and moved onto newly-built bridges crossing the new dual carriageway - with the A50 work due for completion by 30 August. By then, all traffic heading between High Legh and Mere crossroads will have started using the new A50 bridge.
Work to run traffic over the new bridges at Chapel Lane and Millington Lane – as well as a new bridge providing farm access at Bentleyhurst Lane – will be done over the next few months.
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