Work on a stretch of the M25 has finished with the road being reopened eight hours ahead of schedule – ahead of Monday’s rush hour.
The “unprecedented” daytime closure of one of the country’s busiest stretches came into force at 21:00 GMT on Friday.
The five-mile stretch was due to be closed until 06:00 on Monday.
But just after 22:00 on Sunday National Highways South-East said the road was open in both directions following the demolition of the Clearmount bridge.
National Highways project lead Jonathan Wade said he was “delighted” the work had been completed early.
“Drivers have taken on board our advice, which reduced traffic levels by over 50% and meant the length of time added to journeys was around 30 minutes,” he said.
“Thank you to everyone for their cooperation that has made carrying out work on this major project to make journeys safer and reduce pollution much easier.”
National Highways said this was the first of five closures and the date of the next would be announced “very soon to give people as much notice as possible”.
The closure was along both carriageways between junctions 10 and 11, with people told ahead of the weekend to only use the M25 if “absolutely necessary”.
The carriageway between junctions 9 and 11 carries between 4,000 and 6,000 vehicles per hour in each direction between 10:00 and 21:00 on a weekend, National Highways said.
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