Going, going, gone! Watch motorway bridge disappear in new footage

After carrying traffic over the M6 for some 50 years, the old bridge which spanned the motorway at junction 10 disappeared in under 48 hours as this time lapse footage released by National Highways reveals.

Work finished in the early hours of this morning - more than four hours ahead of schedule - to remove the bridge which is being replaced by a more modern and wider, four-lane structure to tackle congestion at the busy junction.

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National Highways Project Manager, Annie Hyett, said:

“Demolishing a bridge of this size is a complex operation but everything went exactly to plan and we were delighted that we were able to get the motorway open several hours earlier than planned.

“A big thank-you to everyone who was able to avoid the area where possible as it helped us reduce the queues of traffic and delays to journeys. We appreciate that closing the motorway does cause some inconvenience and only do so when we absolutely necessary to protect our workforce and road users.

“Road users will soon be able to enjoy the full benefits of the improvements to the junction which will help combat the traffic hold-ups endured at this bottleneck for many years.”

National Highways and Walsall Council, supported by the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, have joined forces to fund the £78 million upgrade of the junction. Contractor John Sisk & Son is carrying out the work.  

For more information about the scheme and latest updates visit:

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/west-midlands/m6-junction-10-improvement/