Update on Gallows Corner Flyover Summer 2025 closure
Transport for London (TfL) have released the following information regarding the planned closure of Gallows Corner Flyover during Summer 2025.
‘From 21:00 on Monday 23 June until September 2025, there will be a full closure of Gallows Corner junction, both roundabout and flyover. This is while works are undertaken to renew and strengthen the flyover. Gallows Corner will be closed to all vehicle traffic, with only emergency vehicles, black cabs and TfL buses able to use the junction. Walking and cycling routes will be maintained.
No general traffic will be able to make journeys through Gallows Corner in any direction. This includes no access to or from the A127 Southend Arterial Road and A12 Colchester Road to the A12 Eastern Avenue or the A118 Main Road. Local diversion routes will be in place.
Roads in the local area to Gallows Corner junction and wider area are expected to be very busy. All vehicle journeys should expect to be disrupted for the duration of the closure.
Consider the following alternatives during the closure:
- For local journeys through the area, consider taking the bus rather than your car for a more direct journey to your destination
- For longer distance journeys that are non-stopping in the Gallows Corner area, use the M25 for the M11 or A13 to complete your journey
- For any journey during the closure, allow more time for your journey and where possible, travel outside peak times
- Always plan ahead and check before you travel
Access to businesses and shops in the area will be maintained during the closure.’
For more information and travel advice, view the TfL Gallows Corner travel advice webpage. For more information on the project, visit TfL’s Gallows Corner project webpage.
TfL have also published the following heat maps, showing roads and areas that are likely to be busier than usual during the closure period. Areas predicted to be affected include the central and southern parts of Upminster.
it is all well and good telling us it will be busy on alternative routes but what diversionary routes will be in place do we just have to rely on google maps
These works are being undertaken by TfL. It is my understanding that due to the unique level of disruption the closure is likely to cause, TfL have not been able to provide specific alternative routes for locals, but have advised those travelling from outside the borough to use the A13 or M11 to bypass Havering or enter from a different direction.
If you click on the TFL Gallows Corner travel advice link above, it will give all of the advice they have given.
Cllr John Tyler
Thank you for your response but declaring works unique is no excuse for 3 months of gridlocked roads all the diversion roads affected are at full capacity from 7.00 to 9.30 and 3.30 to 6.00 the extra volume of traffic will choke them no ambulances will get through to Romford hospital the same for fire and police services people will die unnecessarily emergency vehicles have access to Gallows corner but wont be able to get to anyone. I understand the work needs to be done i have been on many road improvement schemes and all have remained open in some form. There has been no forethought and TFL are adopting a finger crossed approach I am amazed more people are not questioning this
Absolute mayhem what if pensioners like myself need an emergency service?There is been no common sense given to this.Will it be the same fiasco as the bridge that was built too small for the trains? Will this also go on for longer than stated probably when you see the speed these workers work..
This will be mayhem. When it was built there was hardly any disruption and it happened in a much shorter timescale – I accept that this time they will be dismantling the old structure but it still seems excessive. Why couldn’t one side be left open, eg to allow eastbound traffic from London to go on the A12 or A127, work could still have gone on. This is being done with little regard to local residents. The DoT, for all their faults, don’t close roads for months when they want to do work on a bridge, and unfortunately this tends to demonstrate the general attitude of TfL to motorists, ie “tough”