The giant bridge is being removed to create a 'smart motorway' Get four VASO premium glass straws for just £9.99! The closure is in place to allow Highways England to demolish a Nan's Nook footbridge over the motorway. Signs were also put in place prior to the works, with motorists being notified of the closure as far away as Dover and Carlisle. Senior reporter at the Express & Star, based in Wolverhampton. Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences, Sign up to get the latest entertainment TV news, views and interviews direct to your inbox. This is the moment a bridge over the M6 was torn down within seconds during a major highways project. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. Follow our dedicated live blog on this incident here. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. The M6 near Preston has three lanes closed due to a crash, Motorists are being taken off the carriageway, What the Met Office says about 'widespread snow' for Lancashire in October. This weekend the M6 as been closed for the removal of a bridge. Traffic has eased slightly on the A6 - at least compared to earlier. Work to tear down the 140-ton Burton Bank footbridge was completed six hours ahead of schedule, with all evidence of the bridge removed in under 12 hours – ahead of the 18 hours previously estimated. There is still very slow traffic along diversion routes due to the M6 closure between junctions 32 and 33.

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Already have an account with us? A diversion is in place along this stretch of road between M55 J1 and M6 J33 via Broughton and Calgate. There will naturally be no access to Lancaster Services while all of this is happening over the weekend. For the latest news and breaking news visit the LancsLive website. “We’re hoping to have this temporary arrangement in place and the motorway open by around 9am in the morning. The Bridge will air on Channel 4 later this year. A new Channel 4 reality show will see 12 strangers build a bridge for the chance to win £100,000.

Following the reopening of the M6, there has been a major crash. Netflix Plans More Anime Content, Strikes Deals With 4 Producers In Japan, Korea, Exclusive Q&A: Katzenberg & Whitman On Their Decision To Shut Down Quibi, International Insider: Quibi Throws In The Towel; ‘Leaving Neverland’ Sequel; ‘The Chop’ Controversy, Damian Kavanagh Resigns As MD Of ‘Peaky Blinders’ Co-Producer Tiger Aspect, Emily Powers Promoted To Lead BritBox In North America Following Soumya Sriraman’s Exit, Jen Kim teased HBO Max’s involvement in a UK competition series, Review Of Final Showdown As Campaign Limps To End; Praise For Welker; Reactions, Scarlett Johansson To Star In ‘Bride’ For Apple TV+ & A24 With Sebastián Lelio Directing, ‘Addams Family’ Live-Action Series From Tim Burton Heats Up Marketplace, Quibi Announces Last Day Of App Service Will Be December 1. You can unsubscribe at any time. Save up to £497* a year -Compare Lots of Deals - Switch in Minutes. Narrated by His Dark Materials’ James McAvoy, The Bridge will challenge 12 people to build a bridge together from the banks of a lake in the British countryside on which they stand to an island 250 metres away in order to claim the prize money. Traffic is filtering on the M6 following a crash. The Bridge will be McAvoy’s first reality TV gig, with the award-winning actor previously having starred in dramas such as Shameless, His Dark Materials and State of Play. But there is still some significant congestion along the diversion route. The four-day event begins on Thursday night. The M6 at Stafford was closed in both directions, between Junction 13 for Stafford south and central and 14 for Stafford north and Stone, as diggers moved in to take down the bridge on Saturday night. The curved shape of the footbridge, built in the early 1960s, meant there would not be enough headroom for HGVs to travel underneath when the hard shoulder is opened. Exit M55 at J1 and use A6 North until Galgate and rejoin M6 at J33. The diversion route is along the A6 which is seeing heavy traffic. Going, going, gone! M6 reopens after bridge demolition closed road. The Stagecoach bus services 40, 41 and 42 will be affected by the work. To keep updated, follow LancsLive on Facebook and @LiveLancs on Twitter. We were delighted to be able to open the motorway in both directions by 7.30am and get traffic moving again. Drivers travelling between the North West, the Midlands and the South of England were advised to avoid the area by using the M62 and M1.

The format also sold to France’s M6. The Scottish 41-year-old is now best-known for his film work however, making a name for himself as young Professor X in the X-Men films, Mr Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia as well as Atonement, Starter for 10 and It Chapter Two. In total, the bridge contains enough concrete to fill 40 tipper trucks. M6 bridge removal timelapse.

The operation closed the motorway in both directions for 11 hours overnight on Saturday into Sunday, when it reopened 13 hours ahead of schedule at 7am. Diversion Route (Heading North):Exit at J32 via the M55.

This is the scene on the M6 at junction 32. Burton Bridge, which was built in the 60s, is nearly 200ft (60m) in length and weighs around 140 tonnes. Timelapse footage showing how an 800-ton, 250ft long bridge spanning the M6 was removed in just a few hours has been released by Highways England. “Severe delays of 23 minutes on Preston Lancaster Road Southbound between A6 Preston Lancaster Road and A6 Preston Lancaster New Road. Top job all.5103YF@StaffsPolice @HighwaysWMIDS @ALEHeavylift pic.twitter.com/4aXyG2GiNY. Congestion is backed up to junction 31 heading Northbound and the M55 is also struggling from junction one at Fulwood - on the approach to the closure. The area - for the most part - is severely congested. You can unsubscribe at any time. This is how the A6 in Catterall looks at the moment. Enter the M55 at J1 (Broughton Roundabout) and rejoin M6 at J32. Highways North West are reminding people of the closure.

The motorway was closed in both directions between junctions 32 and 33 close to Preston in Lancashire following the 7am collision on Thursday. The bridge was no longer in use and was too narrow for the upgraded smart motorway being constructed, which will have an extra lane in each direction. The M6 will remain closed overnight after a lorry smashed into a bridge - disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of festival-goers. Drone footage has shown exactly what happened as Highways England shut off the motorway to remove the Nan’s Nook footbridge. The Bridge made its international debut in Spain in 2017 and aired for two series on Movistar+’s #0 where it is known locally as El Puente. Based on a Spanish reality series, the group will have 20 days in which to construct an overpass together whilst overcoming a series of surprise twists in the process and learning to work as a team. Lane closures started at 5pm on Saturday, with the motorway shut from around 8pm. Three lanes have been closed on the M6 southbound due to a major crash near Preston.

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