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Road closures for essential bridge work

Chloe Hughesin Shropshire
News imageShropshire Council The underneath of a bridge with large steel beams above it. There are cars queueing in a line underneath it, as well as a van waiting on the leftShropshire Council
Overnight closures will be in place in Shrewsbury

Roads will be closed during essential maintenance work on three Shropshire bridges starting in May.

Work will begin on the Castle Foregate and Great Western bridges in Shrewsbury between 23 May and 11 September.

Castle Foregate, Cross Street and Howard Street will close overnight for five weeks from 7 June, Monday to Thursday, with additional closures in place on various other dates.

Meanwhile, Clun bridge will be closed to vehicles shut from from 09:30 to 16:00 BST between 26 and 29 May.

Shrewsbury works

News imageAlex Wagner standing near the bridge. The path has pigeon poo on and the bridge has green growth on. Wagner is wearing a maroon coloured tie, a blue check shirt and suit jacket.
Shropshire Council's deputy leader previously told the BBC that more netting was needed to fix the pigeon fouling issue

The work on the two Shrewsbury bridges will include cleaning, repairing and repainting parts of them, as well as some steelwork repairs.

Existing pigeon-proofing panels will be replaced with new mesh to address the problem of pigeons roosting and fouling under the Castle Foregate bridge.

Throughout the work, the bridges will remain open to vehicles during daytime hours, however the footpath on the station side of Castle Foregate/Castle Gates will be closed to pedestrians.

An alternative signed pedestrian diversion route will be provided.

Emergency services will be able to get through even when the the road is closed, and Shropshire Council said it had spoken to the fire service, which is based nearby, to mitigate the effect of the work.

Here's a summary of the closure details:

  • Castle Foregate, Cross Street and Howard Street will close overnight for five weeks from 7 June, Monday to Thursday
  • There will be no road closures on a Friday night
  • Further closures will be in place in the final two weeks of the scheme, from Sunday to Thursday
  • The closures will operate from 20:00 to 06:00
  • A pedestrian footpath will remain open during the overnight periods
  • Starting 24 May, closures will be required on Sunday mornings only from 00:30 to 07:00

Clun works

News imageShropshire Council A stone bridge with a car driving over it. Underneath the bridge is a river. There are green trees behind the bridge.Shropshire Council
The works will last several days, with the bridge closed to traffic

The work to Clun bridge will see a section of the upstream left parapet taken down and rebuilt.

Displaced copings will be reset and general pointing work undertaken.

The Grade II listed bridge has been shut several times before - most recently in September 2024, as well as on a number of occasions in 2023.

This included work to address damaged parapets in July, drainage works in November, and resurfacing and structural repairs in December.

Here are the closure details:

  • The bridge will shut to vehicles 26 to 29 May from 09:30 to 16:00 BST
  • Traffic will be diverted by a signed diversion route
  • Access over the bridge for pedestrians and dismounted cyclists will be in place
  • Access to frontages will be maintained up to the closure
  • Advance notice signs will be put up and letters sent to local properties

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