M49 closed

Road closure on the M49 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 23:58. Still reported at 01:49 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since yesterday 23:58 (1 h 51 min)

Location

M49

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 23:58 TomTom: road closed
2. 00:30 TomTom: “Bridge closed”

Source reports

• Bridge closed

Other recent incidents on the M49

• M49 closedyesterday 11:22 · cleared after 38 min
• M49 stopped traffic9 Oct 2026 14:37 · cleared after 3 h 38 min
• M49 closed8 Oct 2026 02:21 · cleared after 1 h 10 min
• M49 closed8 Oct 2026 00:17 · cleared after 51 min
• M49 closed7 Oct 2026 23:08 · cleared after 2 h 5 min
• M49 closed6 Oct 2026 22:03 · cleared after 3 h 9 min
• M49 closed3 Oct 2026 00:31 · cleared after 27 h 25 min

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.