Motorists are being advised by Network Rail that Barrowby Road, in Grantham, will close next month to allow a £2.7m project to be completed to improve two railway bridges.
The bridges are used to carry the East Coast Main Line over Barrowby Road and Springfield Road. Both bridges will have work completed to make sure both road and rail remain safe and reliable for users.
The work will be carried out on one bridge at a time to reduce the amount of disruption to people and businesses in Grantham.
Barrowby Road bridge will be completed first and the road will be closed from 06:00 on Tuesday, 1 September until Friday, 4 December. A diversion will be in place for motorists, but cyclists and pedestrians will be unaffected.
The work involves engineers carrying out repairs to the steel and brickwork, re-waterproofing the bridges and re-painting sections of them.
Paul Rutter, Route Director for Network Rail's East Coast route, said: “This work to strengthen the two railway bridges is vital for the railway and the community of Grantham that the line runs through.
“We have planned the work carefully to phase it so that we keep disruption to a minimum for people in the town. One of the roads will be open throughout all of this project, except for one weekend in November. We're also making sure that both roads are open around Christmas.
“We would like to thank people in advance for their patience whilst the work is carried out and apologise for any inconvenience.”
Once Barrowby Road reopens on Friday, 4 December, both roads will remain open over Christmas until work begins on Springfield Road in January. Springfield Road will then remain closed until the project is completed in March 2021.
Both roads need to close for one weekend, on Saturday, 28 and Sunday, 29 November 2020, as work takes place to improve the drainage on both bridges.
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I needed to get through grantham on the a52 east and the a52 west, i could not understand the diversions, i was going round grantham for over half an hour and somehow i luckily i got on the a52 east. On the way back it was even worse, it took me over an hour, i was going up the a1 and back into grantham etc, i was in tears until i asked a RAC man and he told me. I do not have sat nav or a smart phone etc.I am wanting to go and come back on that route quite soon.