Aug 12 2010 by Janine Yaqoob, Wirral News Series
THE M53 in WIrral will be closed throughout the night from Thursday August 12 to Saturday September 11 for maintenance work.
Diversions will be in place along the M53, from 8pm to 5am, as work is carried out on the supporting beams of Bidston Moss Viaduct.
The M53 will be closed southbound from the Mersey Tunnels approach road to where the southbound entry slip road at Junction 1 joins the motorway.
The northbound M53 will be closed from Junction 1 to the Mersey Tunnels approach road overnight between 8pm and 5am.
Clearly signed diversions will be in operation.
Heading southbound, drivers will travel via the Docks Link Road to the A554 roundabout, then back to the M53 via the southbound access slip road.
Northbound the diversion is via the exit slip road at Junction 1, the A554 roundabout and the Wallasey Dock Link North.
No closures will take place over the Bank Holiday weekend,