M56 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M56 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live M56 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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M56 roadworks in force now

M56 Eastbound Jct 6 to 4 hardshoulder closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Trafford M56 · M56 Eastbound Between J5 And J4

Expected to clear in 4 weeks 1 day

Started 4 Oct 2026, 08:00 Expected clear 11 Nov 2026, 17:00

M56 Eastbound Jct 6 to 4 hardshoulder closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M56 closures planned this week

M56 Eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 39/4 to 38/1)

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Halton M56 · M56 Eastbound Within J11

Starts in 1 hour 28 minutes

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

M56 Eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 39/4 to 38/1)

Category: Road Maintenance

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M56 eastbound hard shoulder and lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 24/4 to 20/5)

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Cheshire East M56 · M56 Eastbound Between J9 And J7

Starts in 2 hours 28 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00

M56 eastbound hard shoulder and lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 24/4 to 20/5)

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M56

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