Overview
- National Highways confirmed a programme of overnight closures for Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November affecting routes across England, with a heavy concentration of works on the M60, M6 and M62 around Greater Manchester.
- The M4 westbound closure between Junctions 16 and 17 was moved to the weekend of 14–15 November as part of a £20 million embankment stabilisation scheme that will restrict lanes and impose a 50mph limit while contractors restore the hard shoulder.
- Separate crashes on Friday, November 13, closed sections of the A1(M) near Bradbury and near Washington and led to one patient taken to University Hospital of North Durham after the Bradbury incident involved the air ambulance; an earlier M42 northbound collision closed lanes but produced no injuries.
- Drivers are urged to follow signed diversions, avoid relying on satnavs for reroutes, and check live National Highways updates because planned overnight works and dynamic incidents are both affecting journeys this weekend.
- The overlap of planned engineering, long-term projects such as the M3 Junction 9 works to 2027, and emergency closures is increasing delays for commuters and freight and may require specialist recovery that can prolong disruption.