Drivers to use new stretch of A47 for first time after weekend closures |
The £250m-plus work to dual the A47 between North Tuddenham and Easton means the road will be fully closed in both directions from 8pm on Friday (April 24) to 6am on Monday (April 27).
At the same time, Church Lane South in Easton will also be shut from its junction with the A47 to the Dereham Road junction.
An aerial view of work on the A47 (Image: Mike Page)
Drivers will face a 65-mile diversion during the closure, but when the road reopens again on Monday they will find themselves travelling on a new stretch.
That new section of highway is the slip road to the new Wood Lane Junction between Sandy Lane at Hockering and the Honingham roundabout. Drivers will need to use two roundabouts to rejoin the existing A47.
When the scheme is finished, the connection between those two roundabouts will pass under the newly-constructed A47 via an underpass.
A spokesman for National Highways, the government agency doing the dualling work, urged drivers to take extra care next week as they get used to the new layout.
Drivers have also been told that Lyng Road in North Tuddenham, between Hall Lane and Stone Road, will be closed from 6am on Monday until 7am on June 1, with diversions in place.
Scheme bosses said the new dual carriageway will cope with higher traffic volume and improve safety.
Work to dual 5.5 miles of the A47 began in August 2024 and is due to be completed next year.
It is one of three major projects under way on the A47 in Norfolk.
The newly-dualled section between North Burlingham and Blofield opened last month, although work on the overall scheme continues.
And work to revamp the junction at Thickthorn, on the edge of Norwich, is due to continue until 2028.