There are still long delays on the M6 - latest updates
Drivers are facing misery ahead of rush hour this afternoon with huge delays on the M6 and other incidents on Greater Manchester's motorways. Motorists are facing queues of two hours heading towards Greater Manchester on the M6 northbound this evening.
National Highways says the massive delays are being caused by two breakdowns on the northbound carriageway near Warrington, between junctions 20 and 21, with one causing an oil spillage. Queues are tailing back as far as junction 18 for Middlewich and Holmes Chapel, with delays of two hours for drivers this afternoon .
The queues, starting on the Thelwall Viaduct, last for 11 miles according to Inrix. Meanwhile, separate incidents on the M60 and M602 are also causing delays.All traffic had been stopped on the M60 anticlockwise at junction one, for the Stockport Pyramid, at 4pm. Lanes have since reopened but congestion remains.
There are also delays near Prestwich, between junctions 17 and 18, anticlockwise following a breakdown. And the M602 has two lanes closed and queueing traffic between junctions 1 and 2, near Eccles, following a collision.
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