Motorists are being warned of significant disruption at Armley Gyratory involving the full closure of the A58 Wellington Road northern arm of the junction.
Starting at 8pm on Saturday 8 February until 5.30am on Monday 10 February work will complete the final phase of the installation of the new Wellington Road footbridge.
This is the third of three footbridges completed around Armley Gyratory with new wider and more accessible footways.
Following the Wellington Road footbridge demolition in July 2024, the construction work is due to complete by early spring 2025, which will enable all three footbridges to be open to the public.
All lanes of Wellington Road (A58) inbound and outbound will be closed with a full diversion in place. On 6am to 9am on Sunday 11 February further closures on Canal Street and Wellington Road to allow for vehicle movement.
Wellington Road footbridge will be 43.5 metres long and three metres wide. It will cross over the A58 and includes improvements to both approach ramps to better meet the needs of non-motorised users and people with disabilities.
The new footbridge weighing approximately 60 tonnes will be installed using two cranes.
To reduce the amount of disruption to traffic the installation will be undertaken at night. During Saturday night on 8 February the main span will be transported to the Armley Gyratory under police escort from junction 2 of the M621.
Ahead of the weekend full closures, preparatory work to install new bridge column supports will take place overnight on Monday 27 January starting at 8pm.
There will be a full closure of the carriageway between the Armley Gyratory northbound to Armley Road junction and from Wellington Street slip road southbound to Armley Gyratory. Subject to poor weather, there are contingency dates of Tuesday or Wednesday to complete this.
Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council’s deputy leader and executive member for economy, transport and sustainable development, said: “These new bridges are transformative changes to the overhead footways for people walking and wheeling – making it easier to get across the gyratory, either going or away from the city centre.
“The works are also a bridge engineering challenge, as well as programme challenge to carry out, with the least disruption as possible.
“We thank everyone for their ongoing patience while we continue to work hard to minimise the disruption and thank those who have already changed the way they travel into and around the city centre.”
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