PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A556 northbound lane closure at J7, planned, starts Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A556
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Starts
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
A556 northbound lane closure at J7, 29 Sep 2026
Cleared
This roadworks closure on the A556 has cleared. It started at 21:00 on Tue 29 Sep and cleared at 06:00 on Wed 30 Sep.
Last updated by National Highways at 05:31 on Thursday 1 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Location
- A556 northbound between A50 and M56 J7
- Lanes
- 1 of 2 lanes closed
- Started
- 21:00 on Tuesday 29 September 2026
- Cleared
- 06:00 on Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Details
- A556 Northbound Lane 2 closure with switching (MP 5/7 to 17/0)
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 05:31 on Thursday 1 October 2026
Map of the A556 northbound lane closure at J7
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- Cleared
Other A556 closures and crash records
No other closures are in force on the A556 right now, and 12 closures are planned in the next 7 days.
The A556 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 2,739 collisions on the road, 91 of them fatal.
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A556 northbound lane closure at J7, planned, starts Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A556 and M56
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Starts
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A556 northbound lane closure at the M56/A56 junction, planned, starts Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A556 and M56
- Direction
- Northbound
- Starts
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A556 northbound lane closure at J7, planned, starts Wed 7 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A556
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Starts
- Wed 7 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLink road closureNational Highways
A556 northbound link road closure at J7, planned, starts Wed 7 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A556 and M56
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Starts
- Wed 7 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLink road closureNational Highways
A556 northbound link road closure at the M56/A56 junction, planned, starts Wed 7 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A556 and M56
- Direction
- Northbound
- Starts
- Wed 7 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance