Posted on Tuesday 15th July 2025
Radford river bridge after resurfacing works.
Overnight closures of a main road bridge in Stafford as part of a major improvement scheme will take place next week.
Queensville rail bridge on the A34 will be fully closed from 8pm to 6am on Monday 21 July, Tuesday 22 July and Wednesday 23 July with diversions in place as part of the A34 scheme. The closures will be from 8pm to 6am while drainage works are carried out. Signed diversions will be in place via the A449.
This section of road is currently under a one-way traffic order in an out-of-town direction until mid-October from Riverway to Queensville roundabout. The out-of-town direction has been chosen to reduce the impact on affected businesses on the route and emergency services.
The essential maintenance and resurfacing is part of the A34 Weeping Cross to Riverway scheme. This has included improvements to two roundabout junctions, road and footway reconstruction, new pedestrian crossings and cycleways and strengthening of the two bridges.
Resurfacing of Radford river bridge took place at the weekend and is now complete.
People can find out more on the scheme webpage.
Staffordshire County Council’s assistant director for highways James Bailey said:
We’re now in the final phase of the scheme from Queensville to Riverway which has required a one-way traffic order being put in place in an out-of-town direction. The bridge works are taking place overnight to minimise impact on road users.
We understand these closures and traffic order cause significant disruption, but this allows the scheme to be completed as soon as possible. We’d again like to thank people and businesses for their patience during the works period.
We have been providing regular updates, including at our public information event, and will continue to do so. People can also visit the webpage which contains the latest information.”
Work needs to take place now due to national funding requirements. Once completed the road surface will last for between 20 and 30 years.
People can sign up receive email updates on their local highways news on the county council’s website.