It will be closed all morning
The closure on the A1 motorway will remain in place through most of today , after a tanker carrying a hazardous substance overturned across the central reservation and blocked both carriageways yesterday.
In a statement issued in the early this morning, National Highways said: "West Yorkshire Police, Fire and National Highways Traffic Officers were on scene with an overturned HGV which was involved in a collision at approximately 07:40 Wednesday morning. "Emergency barrier repairs and resurfacing work cannot take place until all of the hazardous material has been removed. Safety is our first priority and every effort is being made to complete this operation in the safest possible manner.
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