Manchester road closures: five for motorists to avoid this week

Manchester's motorists will have five road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And three of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• A5103, from 8pm January 23 to 7am May 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 both directions A5103 (A560 Altrincham Rd) to M56 Sharston Link - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

And a further four closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M56, from 8pm April 11 to 5am April 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 westbound, Sharston Link - lane closure for structure - maintenance.

• M60, from 9pm April 11 to 5am April 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 19 entry slip road closure due to barrier works.

• M60, from 8pm April 12 to 6am April 13, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise J20 to J19 - lane closure for communications.

• M60, from 8pm April 17 to 5am April 19, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J6 to J4 - carriageway closure for communications.

National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads, so closures of smaller roads will not be included in their schedule.