2 weeks Ago
Motorists faced severe delays on the region's motorways after reports of person on a bridge and a crash involving a car and a HGV. Motorways affected were the M60 and M61, leading to gridlock in some areas. ‘Severe' delays of over an hour clogged the M60 clockwise between junction four and junction 24.
The M61 northbound was also partially blocked, with queues from junction one M60 J15 (Swinton Interchange) to junction two, A580 interchange, following reports of a “person on a bridge” at around 6am. Both incidents were cleared quickly, with traffic resuming as normal for the remainder of the morning. A spokesperson for National Highways said: "There was a collision between a car and HGV at 6.
55am just after the merge from the M60. READ MORE: M60 and M61 delays following multiple incidents RMT calls off two strike days while talks continue "One lane was kept open past the scene as we worked to clear the vehicles from the carriageway. There were no injuries.
"It was cleared at 8.30am. "Obviously this has a knock on affect on drivers on the clockwise M60.
“In terms of the M61 incident, at about 6am we had reports of a person on a bridge, so we set signs and a 60mph advisory speed limit while that was investigated. "There was no trace of anyone. "That might have slowed traffic otherwise it was just rush hour congestion by the looks of things.
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