ENTERTAINMENT: Erskine Bridge closure planned for TRNSMT music weekend

Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is undertaking “essential resurfacing and joint replacements” worth around £100,000 on the A898 Erskine Bridge northbound.

In order to complete the work, the firm is closing this direction of the bridge from 8pm on Friday, July 11 until 6am on Monday, July 14 over the weekend of TRNSMT in Glasgow.

The southbound A898 Erskine Bridge will operate under a single lane closure.

The following closures will be in place across the weekend:

• M8 Junction 30 westbound off-slip to M898 northbound
• A898 / M898 northbound
• A898 northbound slips to Great Western Road (both northbound and southbound)
• A898 northbound on-slip to Erskine Bridge

Several diversions are being advised to travellers ahead of the works. Emergency vehicles will still have access during the closure.

Signed Diversions (northbound)

• Eastbound M8 traffic (from Greenock / Port Glasgow) will continue on the eastbound M8 to the Kingston Bridge and on to the M8 Junction 17 off-slip (Charing Cross, Glasgow) to join the westbound A82 (Great Western Road). Westbound traffic wishing to access the A898 Erskine Bridge will instead be directed to turn at the M8 Junction 31 off-slip (West Ferry Interchange) to join the same eastbound diversion
• Westbound M8 traffic (from Glasgow towards M898) intending to cross the A898 Erskine Bridge should instead follow the M8 to Kingston Bridge and on to the M8 Junction 17 off-slip (Charing Cross, Glasgow) to join the westbound A82 (Great Western Road)
• Westbound M74 traffic (towards M898) intending to cross the A898 Erskine Bridge should instead exit M74 Junction 1 (towards Kinning Park) and follow local signage to the westbound A82 (Great Western Road)
• Northbound M77 traffic (towards M898) intending to cross the A898 Erskine Bridge should instead travel on the eastbound M8 and follow local signage to join the westbound A82 (Great Western Road).

• The Erskine bridge southbound on slip from A82 westbound will be closed from 6am on Saturday, July 12 until 8pm on Sunday, July 13. Westbound A82 traffic intending to travel south on the A898 Erskine Bridge will instead be directed to continue west to Dunglass Roundabout, and then return eastbound to join the southbound A898 Erskine Bridge traffic
• The Erskine bridge southbound on slip from A82 eastbound will be closed from 8pm until 6am on both nights of Friday July 11, & Sunday, July 13. Eastbound A82 traffic intending to travel south on Erskine bridge will be diverted via Kilbowie Roundabout and access Erskine bridge from A82 westbound

Local access to Erskine will be maintained via the B815 and the A726.

• Eastbound traffic (from Greenock / Port Glasgow) will continue on the eastbound M8 to Junction 30 to access Erskine via the A726. Westbound M8 traffic (from Glasgow to M898) wishing to access Erskine from the M8 will be diverted at the M8 Junction 31 off-slip road (West Ferry Interchange) to follow the eastbound diversion above to the A726
• Local Erskine traffic intending to access the A82 Great Western Road, will be diverted at the A726 Spectacles Roundabout and join the southbound M8 off-slip road to the eastbound M8 and continue to the M8 Kingston Bridge Junction 17 off-slip road to join the westbound A82 (Great Western Road)
• Local access to Erskine (north of A898 Erskine Bridge) will be via the A726 to the A8 Greenock Road and from here following Inchinnan Road / Gleve Street / Glasgow Road / Renfrew Road / Shieldhall Road and the Clyde Tunnel, and continuing on the Crow Road to join the westbound A82 (Great Western Road)

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