M61 and M6 gridlock as crash near Bamber Bridge causes major delays

There are delays of more than an hour after the M61 was closed northbound where it meets the M6.

Traffic was stopped between the Bamber Bridge junction where the motorway meets the M65 and the slip road onto the M6 at Junction 30.

National Highways North West say it was closed due to a crash around 8.30am on Thursday (12 September).

One lane remains closed on the stretch of the M61 where it joins the M6. All lanes reopened around 10.15am with two-miles of delays remaining.

Preston Police said the crash was ‘damage-only’.

Delays are expected to continue until mid-morning on Thursday with delays on the M61 northbound stretching back to Junction 8 at Horwich

There’s also severe congestion on the M6 northbound between Junction 28 for Leyland and Junction 31 for Samlesbury and Preston.

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