Motorists are facing hours of delays on the M1 near Nottinghamshire due to a crane fire. The motorway is closed in both directions with plumes of black smoke being seen for miles around the incident, which was first reported at around 1.30pm on Friday (March 10).
National Highways has confirmed both the northbound and southbound carriageways are both blocked between junction 31 for Worksop and junction 30 for Barlborough. Firefighters from South Yorkshire and Derbyshire are on the scene, dealing with incident.
Reports suggest some motorists have not moved for at least an hour with traffic trapped between the two junctions. Google traffic data currently shows delays of around an hour along the M1 as emergency crews try and tackle the incident. The motorway is expected to be closed for several hours.
Read more: Live M1 updates as fire closes road in both directions between J30 and J31
M1 crane fire diversion junction 30 to junction 31
Northbound
Vehicles under 14'3" should follow the solid circle diversion symbol:
- Exit the M1 northbound at J30 and take the 3rd exit at the roundabout onto the A616
- At the next roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the A619 and continue for 4.9 miles
- At the next roundabout, take the 2nd exit to continue on the A619 for 1 mile before keeping left to join the A60
- Continue on the A60 for 1 mile until the next roundabout
- Take the 2nd exit onto the A57 and continue for 8 miles to then re-join the M1 northbound at J31
Vehicles over 14'3" should follow the solid triangle diversion symbol:
- Exit the M1 northbound at J30 and then take the 1st exit onto the A6135 and continue for 3.2 miles until the B6052 junction
- Turn right at the junction and join the B6052 and then straight onto the B6053
- Continue for 2.8 miles, taking the 2nd exit at every roundabout
- At the roundabout with the A57, take the 3rd exit onto the A57 and continue northbound for 3.5 miles to then re-join the M1 at J31
Southbound
Vehicles under 14'3" should follow the hollow square diversion symbol:
- Exit the M1 southbound at J31 and take the 1st exit at the roundabout onto the A57
- Continue on the A57 southbound for 9 miles until the roundabout with the A60
- Take the 3rd exit to join the A60 and continue for 1 mile, bearing right onto the A619
- Continue on the A619 for 5.9 miles until the roundabout with the A616
- Take the 3rd exit onto the A616 and continue onward to then re-join the M1 southbound at J30
Vehicles over 14'3" should follow the hollow circle diversion symbol:
- Exit the M1 southbound at J31 and take the 3rd exit at the roundabout onto the A57
- Continue for 3.5 miles until the roundabout with the B6053
- At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the B6053 and continue for 2.8 miles until the junction with the A6135
- Turn left onto the A6135 and continue for 3.2 miles to then re-join the M1 southbound at J30
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