Disruption For Motorists Expected As Further A483/A55 Closures Announced

Further overnight closures for the A483 and A55 have been announced for the seemingly never ending saga of the pinchpoint roadworks.

Total closure of the A55/A483 roundabout, the A483 southbound and the A55 eastbound carriageway are all expected to take place in the next week. Details of the £6million pinchpoint roadworks have been released by the Highways Agency, with significant closures starting from tonight.

Between 9:00pm and 5:00am this evening, (Wednesday 3rd June) there will be a total closure of the east bridge of the A55/A483 roundabout. Additionally there will also be a total closure of the A483 southbound. There will also be a closure of the A55 Junction 38 westbound exit slip road and lane closures on A483 northbound approach to the roundabout and the A55 eastbound exit slip.

Tomorrow night (Thursday 4 June 2015) between 8:00pm and 5:00am, there will be a total closure of the A55 east and westbound carriageway between the exit and entry slips at junction 38 (A483). Along with this, between 9:00pm and 5:00am there will be a total closure of the west bridge on the A55/A483 roundabout, and lane closures on A483 northbound approach to the roundabout and the A55 eastbound exit slip.

The biggest closure and more than likely the biggest issue to motorists will take place on Friday, which will see a total closure of the A55 eastbound carriageway between the exit and entry slips at junction 38 (A483) from 10:00pm on Friday 5th June 2015 until 7:00am on Sunday 7th June 2015.

Additionally there will also be a total closure of the A55 westbound carriageway between the exit and entry slips at junction 38 (A483) from 10:00pm on Saturday 6th June 2015 until 7:00am on Sunday 7th June 2015. There will also be a total closure of the west bridge on the A55/A483 roundabout and lane closures on the approaches to the roundabout from 10:00pm on Friday 5th June 2015 until 5:00am on Monday 8th June 2015.

On the night of Thursday 11th June 2015, between 9:00pm and 5:00am, there will be a total closure of the west bridge of the A55/A483 roundabout, a closure of the A483 northbound, a closure of the A55 junction 38 eastbound exit slip and lane closures on the approach to the roundabout and on the A55 westbound exit slip. In addition, from 8:00pm to 5:00am there will be a total closure of the B5445 Wrexham Road from the A483 to Rake Lane and a total closure of Rake Lane from the B5445 to Overleigh Drive.

There will a total closure of the east bridge of the A55/A483 roundabout, a closure of the A483 southbound, a total closure of A55 westbound exit slip and lane closures on A55 eastbound exit slip from 9:00pm on Friday 12 June 2015 until 5:00am on Sunday 14 June 2015. In addition there will be lane closures on the A483 northbound, the A55 westbound entry slip and the A55 eastbound exit slip.

On the nights of Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th June 2015, between 8:00pm and 5:00am, there will be a total closure of the A55 east and westbound carriageway between the exit and entry slips at junction 38 (A483). In addition between 9:00pm and 5:00am there will be a total closure of the west bridge on the A55/A483 roundabout and lane closures on the A483 approaching the roundabout and lane closures on A55 eastbound exit slip.

On the nights of Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th June 2015, between 9:00pm and 5:00am, there will be a total closure of the east bridge on the A55/A483 roundabout, a closure of the A483 southbound, a closure of the A55 westbound exit slip road and lane closures on the A483 approaching the roundabout and lane closures on A55 eastbound exit slip.

There will a total closure of the A55 eastbound and westbound carriageway from 8:00pm on Friday 19 June 2015 until 5:00am on Sunday 21st June 2015. In addition there will be a total closure of the west bridge on the A55/A483 roundabout, lane closures on the A483 approaching the roundabout and lane closures on A55 eastbound exit slip from 9:00pm on Friday 19 June 2015 until 5:00am on Sunday 21 June 2015.

Each night from Monday 22 to Monday 29 June 2015 there will be a total closure of the west bridge on the A55/A483 roundabout, a total closure of the A483 northbound, a total closure of the eastbound exit slip road, lane closures on the A483 approaching the roundabout and lane closures on A55 westbound exit slip from 9:00pm to 5:00am.

The road closures carry on into next week and on night of Wednesday 10th June 2015, between 9:00pm and 5:00am, during the first part of the night, there will be a total closure of the west bridge of the A55/A483 roundabout, a closure of the A483 northbound, a closure of the A55 junction 38 eastbound exit slip and lane closures on the A55 westbound exit slip. During the second part of the night this will switch to a total closure of the east bridge of the A55/A483 roundabout, a closure of the A483 southbound, a closure of the A55 junction 38 westbound exit slip and lane closures on the A55 eastbound exit slip.

The announcement of further closures on the bypass comes just a month after it was announced that the ongoing pinchpoint roadworks would not be completed until the end of June – three months after the initial deadline. The deadline was moved to June 28th, however the recent road closure announcements look as though that target will also be missed by a day.

Further information of diversions available to those who need to travel on the A483/A55 are available on the Highways Agency Website – if not, we’d suggest you avoid the route altogether for the next few days!