NW Motorway Police
#M6 J17 - J18 two lanes remain closed and will do so for the rest if the week to allow repair works to be carried out to a railway bridge. Please plan this into your journey times if heading north on the M6.
This is the bridge that the HGV hit and the poor driver lost his life.
How high does your truck have to be to hit an M6 bridge? They look pretty high to me.
He actually ran off and hit the side buttress, not the overbridge part.
I passed it this morning. He made a right mess of the bridge. Poor sod.
RIP
Just a reminder too, as it seems delays were over an hour yesterday then those from the northwest who fancy the A51 and then A49 as an alternative, the bridge under the canal at Tiverton is now signed 14’3 and not 15’. Might be common knowledge but I guess if you don’t have up to date bridge map or sat nav you might be in bother……
M6 has been a carpark for 2-3 weeks now. Jnc 12-13 is taking an hour too.
The real Biffo:
He actually ran off and hit the side buttress, not the overbridge part.
Ah…think I saw them working on it last night. Maybe he had some kind of heart attack/falling asleep.