Busy UK motorway used by 130,000 drivers a day shuts ALL weekend sparking chaos for airport & port passengers
Motorists heading for Belfast City Airport or the port have been told to add extra time for their journeys as one of the city's main roads has been shut.
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Friday saw the closure of the eastbound carriageway of the M3 Lagan Bridge from Nelson Street on-slip to Dee Street.
It is due to re-open at 6am on Monday.
The closure is one of two weekend's worth of disruption on the road, which is undergoing a £400,000 maintenance scheme to replace bridge bearings.
The westbound carriageway, from Bridge End to the M2 Foreshore, will be closed to traffic from 9pm on August 15 until 6am on August 18.
Northern Ireland 's Department for Infrastructure (DfI) warned delays were 'inevitable' but added the works had been planned to minimise disruption.
Traffic heading eastwards on the M3 over the Lagan Bridge will be affected by the current closure.
The road will be closed between the M2 and Dee Street, with traffic being diverted off at the Nelson Street off-slip.
There will also be no access to the bridge from Nelson Street on-slip.
A diversion route is in place which follows:
Nelson Street
A2 Great Patrick Street
A2 Dunbar Link
Waring Street
Donegall Quay
Middlepath Street
A2 Eastbound Middlepath Street on-slip
Major motorway closed after lorry bursts into flames as drivers face hour-long delays and 7 miles of congestion
The news comes after huge delays were reported on the M54 following a horror crash involving a number of vehicles.
Two lanes were shut eastbound between Junction 2 for Wolverhampton and Junction 1 for Featherstone following a serious collision.
Emergency services were called to the incident at around 2pm on Friday, where four people are thought to have been injured.
A female passenger and male driver in one of the cars were rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, where they are being treated for serious injuries.
A child and lorry driver were also taken to hospital for minor injuries.
While at the end of last month, the M6 northbound in Warwickshire was closed between J3A for Coleshill and J4 for the M42, after a lorry caught on fire.
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