M1 Sheffield: Motorists facing three mile tailbacks this morning after breakdowns and crashes

On the northbound carriageway between junction 32 and 33, lane one of two lanes was closed on the approach due to roadworks, and it was only announced that they had re-opened at 8.35am. But there is also no access to the southbound A630 Sheffield Parkway via the junction 33 exit due to broken down machinery following overnight planned roadworks.

At 8.37am Travel South Yorkshire warned the incidents were also causing delays to bus services in the area.

Natinonal Highways Yorkshire said there was currently around three miles of congestion on the approach to the M1 junction 33, causing delays of 20 minutes above usual journey times. Road users travelling to Sheffield are being advised to exit at junction 34.

They added at 8am: “The M1 J33 northbound exit slip road is now closed. Road users are advised to use junction 34 if heading in to Rotherham or Sheffield. There is currently approx three miles congestion back to M1 J32, causing delays of 30 minutes above usual journey times.”

Meanwhile, there have been delays on the M1 southbound between junction 29 (Tibshelf) and junction 28 (Mansfield) because of an accident.

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