Map shows seven-mile chunk of the M25 due to close next month
The roadworks are to improve one of the UK's busiest and most dangerous motorway junctions.
A seven-mile stretch of the M25 will be shut next month, drivers have been warned.
As our map shows, the motorway will be closed between Junctions 9 and 10 in Surrey in both directions from 9pm on Friday, May 10 until 6am on Monday, May 13.
This is to allow concrete beams for a new bridge and gantry to be lifted into place.
The closure is the second of five-weekend shutdowns on the M25 – which encircles London – as part of work to improve Junction 10.
There were fears of severe congestion on diversion routes ahead of the first closure between Junctions 10 and 11 in March but many drivers followed advice to avoid the area, meaning long hold-ups were avoided.
National Highways senior project manager Jonathan Wade warned that the next shutdown will be ‘far from a repeat of the previous closure’ as the diversion routes are ‘longer and will be different for over-height vehicles and all other traffic’.
‘Drivers listened to our advice last time which reduced motorway traffic levels by over two-thirds and meant delays were limited,’ he continued.
‘Our advice again is please only travel if absolutely necessary and make sure you give yourself extra time if you do choose to use the M25.’
The March closure was the first planned daytime shutdown of the M25 since it opened in 1986.
The work, due to be finished next summer, will increase the number of lanes at Junction 10, which is one the country’s busiest and most dangerous motorway junctions.
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