Washwood Heath

In the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham, works to accommodate the arrival of HS2 will be ongoing over the next decade and shortly gather momentum. These works include the demolition and reconstruction of both Aston Church Road overbridge and Saltley Viaduct.

The Saltley Viaduct works will begin upon completion of the Aston Church Road works. A new bridge will be constructed to carry the high speed train over the Lawley Middleway dual carriageway.

The first area of works will be begin in the area with the creation of a brand new bridge to carry the high speed train across the dual carriageway.

Find details of the current works taking place on Aston Church Road

Find out more about HS2 works here

Please check this page regularly for updates and continue to plan your journey ahead.

Full overnight closures of Lawley Middleway

Lawley Middleway (A4540) will be closed overnight from 3 October to 18 October and 24 October to 31 October between 10pm and 6am to remove structures related to the bridge slide.

A signed diversion route will be in place around the Ring Road or through the Clean Air zone.