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BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Cross Keys Bridge to close for four nights for urgent work
A bridge that carries traffic on a busy road linking Norfolk and Lincolnshire is to be closed for four nights between now and November for essential County Council said the Cross Keys Bridge at Sutton Bridge, which carries the A17 over the River Nene, is faulty and needs urgent hydraulic lifting jacks that operate the swing bridge will be replaced with refurbished and resealed Cassar, the council's assistant director for highways, said the bridge would be closed for the work on four separate nights to minimise disruption, starting on Thursday. Cassar said: "The hydraulic lifting jacks are fundamental to the operation of the swing bridge and have been identified as faulty and need urgent attention."Each night of work will be for one set of jack works at a time." The first two dates for the work have been confirmed as Thursday 5 June and Thursday 28 August. The third will be either Monday 29 September or Monday 13 October and the fourth will be either Monday 10 November or Monday 24 November, the council work will take place between 19:00 and 06:00 when the road will be closed and a diversion will be in to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Lincoln's Clasketgate roadworks schedule as rebuild planned
A month-long rebuild of a city centre thoroughfare will start at the end of this month, a council has in Lincoln is showing signs of "major wear" and Lincolnshire County Council said the project would be "no small feat", with the entire road needing to be dug up and more than 600 tonnes of tarmac authority advised people to leave extra time for their journeys during the works, which start on Tuesday 27 May and will last for up to five Cassar, assistant director for highways at the council, said there was likely to be some disruption with the route being in the heart of the city but they aimed to keep it to an "absolute minimum". Ms Cassar added: "We'll also be repairing some of the footways and kerbs along West Parade and Hungate up West Parade's Beaumont Fee junction, including widening the carriageway at Corporation Street's junction with Hungate."There will be road closures on Clasketgate, Corporation Street, West Parade (between the Hungate and Beaumont Fee junctions) and Hungate (between Motherby Lane and Park Street) on the following dates:Sunday 8 June - from 06:00 until 06:00 BST the following daySunday 15 June - from 06:00 until 06:00 the following dayMonday 16 to Wednesday 18 June - from 19:00 until 06:00Sunday 22 June - from 06:00 until 06:00 the following dayMonday 23 to Wednesday 25 June - from 19:00 until 06:00Sunday 29 June - 06:00 until 06:00 the following dayFurther details and restrictions are on the council's to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
