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 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

Expected to clear in 5 hours 19 minutes

Started 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

M56 Eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 39/4 to 38/1)
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Cleared 10 minutes 26 seconds ago
M56 Eastbound Jct 6 to 4 hardshoulder closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 35 minutes ago
M56 Eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 39/4 to 38/1)
Cleared

Cleared 3 hours 45 minutes ago
M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 15/4 to 14/4)
Cleared

Cleared 18 hours 40 minutes ago
M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 15/4 to 14/4)
Cleared

Cleared 23 hours 25 minutes ago
M56 Westbound Jct 9 exit slip road lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 18 hours ago
M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 15/4 to 14/4)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 3 hours ago
M56 Eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 26/7 to 25/8)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 18 hours ago
M56 eastbound jct 12 - 11 lanes one and two closure (MP 44/5 - 39/9)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 18 hours ago
M56 Westbound Jct 9 exit slip road lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 18 hours ago

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