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Load MovementsAn important employer within the area, Air Products has close to 400 employees spread across sites at Acrefair, Deeside, Runcorn, Ellesmere Port, Crewe and Sandbach. The company continues to invest in local road infrastructures, working closely with Wrexham, Shropshire and Cheshire county councils as well as other statutory authorities. This includes the road routes used to move the loads between Acrefair and Ellesmere Port.
The company has won the Queen’s Award for Export Excellence 5 times. |
| Forthcoming Abnormal Load Movements |
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Load Movement Routes
Below are the details of the three possible routes that
a load movement may take at any one time. Please click
on the link below to see how the route may affect you.
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ABNORMAL LOAD ROUTE ACREFAIR TO ELLESMERE
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| Leave Air Products plc |
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| Turn right |
A539 |
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| Turn left |
B5605 |
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| Turn right |
B5097 |
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| Continue |
A539 |
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| Turn left |
A528 |
(to Wrexham) |
| Turn right |
B5426 |
(to Bangor-on-Dee) |
| Turn right |
A525 |
(to Whitchurch) |
| Turn left |
A41 |
(Whitchurch bypass) |
| Continue |
A41 |
(via Chester ring road) |
| Turn right |
A5032 |
(Strawberry Farm Road) |
| Turn right |
A5117 |
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| Turn left |
M53 |
(junction 10) |
| Continue Northbound |
to M53 |
(junction 8) |
| Turn right |
A5032 |
(Merseyton Road) |
| Turn left into |
Ellesmere Port
docks site |
| ROUTE "B" (via
A483/A539 JUNCTION) |
| Leave Air Products plc |
Turn right |
A539 |
To second roundabout |
Bear left |
A483 |
Northbound entry
slip road |
Reverse |
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South across roundabout |
Continue |
in reverse |
South and contraflow,
on Northbound exit slip road |
Drive forward (North) |
A483 |
Northbound carriageway |
Turn right |
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Southbound entry
slip road contraflow |
Continue |
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contraflow to Eastern
roundabout |
Turn right |
Link |
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Turn right |
A539 |
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Turn left |
A528 |
(to Wrexham) |
Turn right |
B5426 |
(to Bangor-on-Dee) |
Turn right |
A525 |
(to Whitchurch) |
Turn left |
A41 |
(Whitchurch bypass) |
Continue |
A41 |
(via Chester ring
road) |
Turn right |
A5032 |
(Strawberry Farm
Road) |
Turn right |
A5117 |
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Turn left |
M53 |
(junction 10) |
Continue Northbound |
M53 |
(junction 8) |
Turn right |
A5032 |
(Merseyton Road) |
Turn left into |
Ellesmere Ports
docks site |
| ROUTE "C" (via Trunk Roads) |
Leave
Air Products plc |
Turn right |
A539 |
to Wynnstay Interchange |
Turn left |
A483 |
(North) Wrexham Bypass |
Tun right |
A55 |
Chester Southerly Bypass |
Continue |
M53 |
(North) to junction
8 |
Turn right |
A5032 |
Merseyton Road |
Turn
left into |
Ellesmere
Port Dock Site |
| Leave Air Products plc |
Turn right |
A539 |
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Continue
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A539 |
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Turn left
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A528 |
(towards Wrexham)
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| Turn right |
B5426 |
(to Bangor-on-Dee)
(A shunt manoeuvre maybe required) |
| Turn right |
A525 |
(to Whitchurch) |
| Turn left |
A41 |
(Whitchurch bypass) |
| Continue |
A41 |
(via Chester ring road) |
| Turn right |
A5032 |
(Strawberry Farm road) |
| Turn right |
A5117 |
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| Turn left |
M53 |
(junction 10) |
| Continue Northbound to |
M53 |
(junction 8) |
| Turn right |
A5032 |
(Merseyton Road) |
| Turn Left |
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Dock Road and destination |
| ROUTE "E" High Load Route (across A483
JUNCTION) |
| Leave Wrexham Industrial Estate via Hugmore Lane: |
Turn right |
A534
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Continue
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to Broxton roundabout |
| Turn right |
A41 |
towards Whitchurch |
| Turn right and continue |
A41 |
Whitchurch by-pass |
| Turn right |
A525 |
towards Wrexham, Bangor-on Dee |
| Turn left |
B5426 |
to roundabout |
| Turn left |
A528 |
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| Turn right |
A539 |
toward Ruabon cross |
| Continue |
cross A483 |
Wrexham by-pass (temporary closure required) |
| Continue |
A539 |
to Air Products, Acrefair |
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| HP/LP column |
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| HP/LP column: Reverse manoeuvre towards A483 |
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| HP/LP column: Coming off the A483 |
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| HP/LP column: Two tractor units pulling load up hill. |
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| HP/LP column: Negotiating a bridge on the approach to Chester. |
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