Queensway Mersey Tunnel will be closed to traffic in both directions until 06:30 BST on Tuesday to accommodate the festival.

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Motorists are being warned that the Queensway Mersey Tunnel will be closed to all traffic in both directions from 2200 BST on Saturday until 0630 BST on Tuesday to accommodate the festival.

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In their 1950s heyday the ferries carried millions of passengers, but these numbers dropped due to competition from rail and the construction of the second Mersey road tunnel in 1971.

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