A14 Closures week commencing 8th July 2019
Published: 04 July 2019
Full closures
Monday 8 to Thursday 11 (four nights)- A1 northbound between Buckden and Alconbury
Vehicles will travel east on the A428, north on the A1198, west on the A14 and then north on the A14 link road to re-join the A1 - A1 southbound between Alconbury and Buckden
Vehicles will be diverted south on the A14 link road, then east on the A14, south on the A1198 and west on the A428 to re-join the A1 - A428 eastbound Madingley to A14 eastbound Milton Jct 33
Motorway traffic will travel south on the M11, east on A505 and north on A11 to re-join the A14. Non motorway traffic will be diverted on local roads through Cambridge. - M11 Jct 14 exit slip
- A14 westbound between Six Mile Bottom Jct 36 and Girton Jct 31
Motorway traffic will travel south on the A11, west on the A505 and then north on the M11. Non motorway traffic will diverted on local roads through Cambridge
Thursday 11 (one night)Friday 12 (one night)- A14 eastbound Histon Jct 32 exit slip
- A1 northbound between Brampton Hut and Alconbury
Vehicles will be diverted east at Brampton Hut on the A14, then north on the A14 link to re-join the A1 - A1 southbound between Alconbury and Brampton Hut
Vehicles will be diverted south on the A14 link road, then east on the A14 to re-join the A1 at Brampton Hut
Friday 12 9pm to Sunday 14 12pmFriday 12 9pm to Sunday 14 5pmFriday 12 9pm to Sunday 14 7pm- A1198 Ermine Street
Vehicles travelling east on the A14 will continue to Jct 32 (Histon) to join the westbound A428 to Caxton Gibbet. Vehicles travelling east along the A428 will join the westbound A14 at Jct 32 (Histon).
Sunday 14 (one night)- A14 eastbound between St Ives Jct 26 and Girton Jct 31
Vehicles will be diverted south on the A1198 at Godmanchester then east on the A428 to re-join the A14 at Girton
Lane closures
Monday 8 to Tuesday 9 (two nights)- A14 westbound between Jct 22 and Jct 21, lane 1 closed
- A14 westbound between Jct 23 and Jct 24, lane 1 closed
- A14 eastbound between Jct 24 and Jct 23, lane 1 closed
- Brampton Hut gyratory, outer lane closure
Monday 8 to Friday 12 (five nights)- A1 southbound between Jct 15 and Jct 14, lanes 4,3 and 2 closed
- A14 Milton Jct 33 gyratory, lane 1 closed
Monday 8 to Thursday 11 (four nights)- A1 northbound between Little Paxton and Buckden, lane 2 closed
- A14 westbound between Jct 37 and Jct 36, lanes 2 and 3 closed
- A428 eastbound between Hardwick and Madingley, lane 2 closed
- A14 eastbound Jct 31 exit slip, lane 1 closed
Friday 12 (one night)- A1 northbound between Brampton village and Brampton Hut, lane 2 closed
- A14 westbound between Jct 29 and Jct 28, lane 1 closed
Sunday 14 (one night)- M11 northbound between Jct 13 and Jct 14, lane 2 closed
As part of our work to upgrade the A14, we are widening the bridge over the guided busway near Histon. To progress this work safely, the busway route and cycle path under the bridge have been closed for the past week and a half to prepare for this by installing sheet piling. The widening work is planned to happen later this month and throughout the summer school holidays.
We were going to complete this phase of work by the end of the week and reopen the busway and cycle path but we have met an unexpected obstruction in the ground, which means that the sheet piling is taking longer than anticipated to complete.
As a result, the current phase of work needs to be extended for another two weeks and we will not be able to reopen the busway and cycle path next week as anticipated. Instead, we will now continue with this essential work as quickly as we safely can and hope to reopen the busway and cycle path by 30 August, which is earlier than originally planned for this phase.
The bus route going into Cambridge (southbound) between Histon and Orchard Park East is diverted during the closure. People travelling into Cambridge from Histon can board diverted services from the stop on Cambridge Road. More information is available on the Stagecoach and Whippet websites.
Cambridgeshire County Council has a clearly signed diversion route for people using the guided busway cycle path during the bridge work, which takes people via Cambridge Road (Impington), B1049/A14 roundabout, Histon Road, Kings Hedges Road and back on the Orchard Park busway path.
For more information about this scheme, visit https://highwaysengland.co.uk/a14-cambridge-to-huntingdon-improvement-scheme-home/ , or stay updated by following us on https://twitter.com/a14c2h and https://en-gb.facebook.com/A14C2H/.