A section of the M62 is closed all weekend while work takes place.
Workers have started to demolish a rail bridge over the M62 with part of the motorway closed for the weekend.
The road, which closed eastbound between junctions 18 and 20 and westbound from junctions 20 to 19 on Friday, is due to reopen at 06:00 on Monday.The 60-year-old bridge carried trains between Manchester and Rochdale over the motorway, including freight services transporting materials to and from Drax power station near Selby, North Yorkshire.
National Highways said they were the first planned weekend closures of the M62, which carries about 120,000 vehicles a day, in "recent memory".A 60-year-old railway bridge is being replaced
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