A46 traffic: Overturned lorry causes hours of delays with drivers told to 'delay your journey'

Emergency services, including Nottinghamshire Police, are in attendance, with National Highways contractors providing assistance.

There are long delays along the A46 and the A1, with miles of non-moving traffic near Newark-on-Trent.

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National Highways has warned: "If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey."

Traffic maps suggest that the incident will clear between 1pm and 1.15pm, with normal conditions expected to return at a similar time.

The A46 remains closed northbound, with National Highways: East Midlands adding that a "complex recovery and clear-up operation is ongoing".

Diverted traffic should follow the diversion route

• Exit the A46 northbound at the Cattle Market roundabout and join the A616 northbound
• At the mini roundabout in South Muskham, continue northbound on the B6325 towards the A1
• Join the A1 southbound and then exit at the A46 junction at Winthorpe to then re-join the A46 northbound

Posting on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, National Highways issued an update for drivers.

It stated: "The A46 in Nottinghamshire is open northbound.

"It's now closed southbound between the A1 at Winthorpe and A617 (#CattleMarket) near Newark due to an overturned lorry on the Brownhills Roundabout.

"A complex recovery and clear-up operation is ongoing. More info to follow."

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GB News has contacted Nottinghamshire Police for a comment.