LIVE: M60 drivers hit by long traffic delays after multiple crashes - latest updates

Multiple crashes are causing delays on the M60 this morning.

According to traffic alert service Inrix, two lanes have been closed off on the anticlockwise carriageway at junction 17 for Bury and Whitefield. Congestion is back to junction 19 and travel time is currently around 35 minutes.

One lane has also been shut off on the clockwise carriageway between junction 27 for the Portwood Roundabout and junction one for the Stockport Pyramid. Congestion is back to junction 25.

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Long queues are building up to both closures.

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Travel times through both affected areas - on the anticlockwise clockwise at junction 17 and on the clockwise near junction 27 - are down to around 20 minutes.

All lanes have now been reopened on the M60.

Here are the currently remaining delays -

M60 - GREATER MANCHESTER - CLOCKWISE - Queueing traffic due to earlier accident on M60 clockwise from J27 A6188 Tiviot Way (Portwood Roundabout) to J1 A5145 Travis Brow (Stockport Pyramid). Congestion to J23 (Ashton Under Lyne). All lanes have been re-opened. Travel time is around 25 minutes.

Here are the current incidents on the M60

M60 - GREATER MANCHESTER - CLOCKWISE - Long delays due to earlier accident on M60 clockwise from J27 A6188 Tiviot Way (Portwood Roundabout) to J1 A5145 Travis Brow (Stockport Pyramid). Congestion to J23 (Ashton Under Lyne). All lanes have been re-opened. Travel time is around 45 minutes.