THE M25 – Britain's busiest motorway – is set to close tomorrow and on two further weekends.
Motorists have been urged to check their route to avoid getting caught out by the .
A busy stretch of the in Kent will shut for “essential resurfacing”, National highways confirmed.
Works are being done on the anti-clockwise carriageway at Junction 2 for the .
Traffic passing through Junction 2 will be redirected from 10pm on Saturday, May 26, until 7am on Sunday, May 27.
All lanes of the anti-clockwise road will be closed off between the entry and exit slip roads of Junction 2.
This closure will add to a weekend of disruption around London as it coincides with the – also on Saturday night.
The scale of the resurfacing required at Junction 2 means three separate closures are needed to complete it.
Exactly the same stretch will be out of action over two weekends in May.
The second closure will come on the weekend of May 10 and May 11.
Again, the short stretch of the anti-clockwise carriageway will be off limits from 10pm on Saturday night to 7am on Sunday morning.
And the road will shut for a third time on the weekend of May 17 and May 18.
This final closure will apply for a longer period, beginning at 9pm on the Saturday night and going through to 9am on the Sunday morning.
Whilst the road is closed, drivers will need to follow a diversion route to complete their journeys.
All anti-clockwise traffic on the M25 will be directed off the motorway up the Junction 2 anti-clockwise exit slip road.
Cars will then head over the Darenth Interchange roundabout and re-join the M25 using the Junction 2 anticlockwise entry slip road.
The roundabout is not designed to deal with the full flow of motorway traffic, so delays are possible.
The Junction 2 closure will not be the only highways disruption on Saturday night.
The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing will also see a .
The bridge, between Essex and Kent, will be s until 5am on Sunday morning.
Routine maintenance and safety inspections need to be carried out.
National Highways has also warned that further disruption can be expected on the QEII Bridge between April and October for painting work.
The bridge is one of the busiest in Europe, with an average of 150,000 vehicles making the crossing every day.
