Long queues on M60 motorway with lanes shut after crash

Traffic is heavy on a stretch of the M60 motorway this morning after a crash.

According to traffic alert service Inrix, two lanes have been closed off on the anticlockwise carriageway. They are shut between junction 17 for Prestwich and Whitefield and junction 16 for Pendlebury.

Motorway cameras show long queues building around the Heaton Park area of the motorway. Congestion is currently back to junction 19.

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Travel time through the area is currently around 25 minutes.

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Traffic has now eased.

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All lanes have now been reopened after traffic was stopped to clear vehicles from the carriageway.

Long queues remain up to the previous closure.

All traffic is now being temporarily held on the M60 anticlockwise, according to traffic alert service Inrix.

Traffic is currently stationary.

One lane remains closed after the second lane was reopened.

Traffic remains heavy between junction 17 and junction 16 on the M60.

Motorway cameras show queues up to the closure.