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Overnight bridge closures set to take place as part of county town road improvement scheme

Posted on Friday 4th July 2025
Radford Bridge works

Radford river bridge

Overnight closures of two road bridges in Stafford as part of a major improvement scheme will take place this month.

Queensville rail bridge will be fully closed from 8pm to 6am on Monday 7 July with diversions in place as part of the A34 scheme. Radford river bridge will be closed on Friday 11 July from 6pm to 6am and then on Monday 14 July from 8pm to 6am. Signed diversions will be in place.

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.

A one-way traffic order is now in place 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 Radford river bridge resurfacing was delayed due to utility company investigation works. Further nighttime closures between Queensville and Riverway will be needed for resurfacing later in this phase and will be publicised closer to the time.

People can find out more on the scheme webpage.

Work completed so far includes resurfacing of the Weeping Cross roundabouts, improvements to footways and drainage along Radford Bank to Queensville, installation of a new pedestrian crossing by the Aldi store and strengthening of the bridges.

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.

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