Active roadworksLink road closureNational Highways
M61 link road closure at J9, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61 and M65
- Junctions
- J9
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
M61 southbound lane closure at J1, 27 Aug 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M61 has cleared. It started at 09:19 on Thu 27 Aug and cleared at 09:36 on Thu 27 Aug.
Last updated by National Highways at 09:36 on Thursday 27 August 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J1
- Location
- link road from M61 J1 to M60 J15 anti-clockwise
- Started
- 09:19 on Thursday 27 August 2026
- Cleared
- 09:36 on Thursday 27 August 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 09:36 on Thursday 27 August 2026
Map of the M61 southbound lane closure at J1
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- Cleared
Other M61 closures and crash records
6 other closures are in force on the M61 right now, and 35 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M61 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 3,209 collisions on the road, 88 of them fatal.
- Active roadworksEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M61 northbound entry slip road closure at J4, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksExit slip road closureNational Highways
M61 northbound exit slip road closure at J4, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksExit slip road closureNational Highways
M61 southbound exit slip road closure at J9, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J9
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksExit slip road closureNational Highways
M61 northbound exit slip road closure at J4, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 20:53
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:53
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksHard shoulder closureNational Highways
M61 southbound hard shoulder closure at J9, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 07:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J9
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 07:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 31 Dec, 23:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance