LIVE: Traffic queuing for NINE miles on M60 as repairs carried out - latest updates

Huge queues are building on a stretch of the M60 this morning due to emergency repairs being carried out.

Two lanes have been shut off on the anticlockwise carriageway near junction 13 for Worsley. According to National Highways, this is due to a 'carriageway defect'.

Emergency repairs are being carried out. Traffic is currently queueing for around nine miles up to the closure.

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According to traffic alert service Inrix, traffic is also heavy through Worsley. A tweet posted by National Highways said: "2 (of 3) lanes closed on the #M60 anti-clockwise within J13 (#Worsley) due to a carriageway defect.

"Team en route to undertake emergency repairs. Delays of up to 30 minutes, approx. 9 miles of congestion."

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Lanes one and two, of three, are shut at the scene.

Congestion on the M60 is currently back to junction 18 for the M66 and M62 Simister Island.

There is also congestion on the M61 and on the A575 through Worsley.