THE M4 in Wokingham will be closed overnight next week to allow work on the Shinfield Eastern Relief Road to be carried out safely.
Starting from 9pm on Monday, November 30, the motorway will be closed in both directions between junction 10 for Wokingham and J11 at Three Mile Cross.
Subject to weather conditions, the work is expected to take place across five nights, starting at 9pm each evening and the road reopening at 6am the following morning.
A new six-lane bridge is being installed over the M4 which will link the Black Boy roundabout to the new Shinfield Eastern Relief Road.
The closure is needed to allow the installation of 12 steel beams, each 45-metres long.
A giant crane with a 1,000 tonne capacity will be used during the construction.
While the closure is in place, motorists wishing to use this route will instead be diverted along roads surrounding the M4, with each journey taking a mile longer than the usual six-mile journey.
The diversions are as follows:
Eastbound traffic
Eastbound traffic will exit the M4 at junction 11, travelling along the B3270 to the Black Boy roundabout.
They will then continue straight ahead on the B3270 (Lower Earley Way) to the Showcase cinema roundabout.
Here, drivers will take the second exit (straight ahead) onto the A3290 Wokingham Road, then join the A329(M) and re-join the M4 eastbound at junction 10.
Westbound traffic
Westbound traffic will leave the motorway at junction 10, and head along the A329(M) towards Reading, where they will join the A3290 Wokingham Road towards the Showcase cinema roundabout.
At the roundabout vehicles will take the second exit (straight ahead) and continue on the B3270 (Lower Earley Way).
Here, the diversion heads along the B3270 to the the Black Boy where the M4 can be rejoined at junction 11.
