A421 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the A421 right now.

Live A421 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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A421 closures planned this week

A421 eastbound Water End Interchange to Black Cat Roundabout carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bedford A421 · A421 Northbound Between A4280 And A1

Starts in 42 minutes 3 seconds

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00

A421 eastbound Water End Interchange to Black Cat Roundabout carriageway closure

Category: Construction Work

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Recently cleared on the A421

A421 eastbound Renhold to Black Cat roundabout (MP 27/0 - 27/5)- lane 2 closure
Cleared

Cleared 17 minutes 54 seconds ago
A421 eastbound M1 Jct 13 to Salford Road entry slip carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 13 hours ago
A421 eastbound Water End Interchange to Black Cat Roundabout carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 13 hours ago
A421 eastbound M1 Jct 13 to Salford Road entry slip carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 13 hours ago
A421 eastbound Water End Interchange to Black Cat Roundabout carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 4 days 20 hours ago
A421 eastbound Water End Interchange to Black Cat Roundabout carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 5 days 19 hours ago
A421 eastbound Water End Interchange to Black Cat Roundabout carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 6 days 23 hours ago

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