A STRETCH of the M4 running past Newport will be closed in one direction throughout the entire weekend.

The westbound carriageway of the motorway between junction 25A at Grove Park and junction 26 at Malpas will be closed from 10pm on Friday, September 8, until to 6am on Monday, September 11.

The closure is part one of a series of closures planned to allow essential maintenance works on the River Usk Bridge to be carried out.

The work is expected to last a month and be completed on October 11.

The same stretch of the motorway will also be closed westbound between 8pm on Monday, September, 11, and 6am the following morning, and again on the following two nights.

The eastbound carriageway will also be closed beween junctions 25A and junction 26 between 10pm on Friday, September 15, to 6am on Monday, September 18.

The same stretch of the M4 will also be closed overnight from Monday, September 18, until Thursday, September, 21, between 10pm and 6am.