M61 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the M61 right now.

Live M61 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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M61 closures planned this week

M61 Southbound Jct 9 exit slip road lane 3 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Preston South M61 · M61 Southbound Between M6 And J9

Starts in 21 hours 31 minutes

Starts 13 Oct 2026, 22:00 Expected clear 14 Oct 2026, 05:00

M61 Southbound Jct 9 exit slip road lane 3 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M61

M61 Southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 34/2 to 33/8)
Cleared

Cleared 33 minutes 44 seconds ago
M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 34/6 to 33/8)
Cleared

Cleared 33 minutes 44 seconds ago
M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 34/6 to 33/8)
Cleared

Cleared 4 hours 33 minutes ago
M61 Northbound Rivington exit and entry slip road closures
Cleared

Cleared 19 hours 38 minutes ago
M61 Northbound Rivington exit and entry slip road closures
Cleared

Cleared 20 hours 23 minutes ago
M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 12/9 to 12/0)
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 13 minutes ago
M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 12/9 to 12/0)
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 2 hours ago
M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 23/9 to 19/0)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 4 hours ago
M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 20/3 to 19/2)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 4 hours ago
M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 23/9 to 19/2)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 4 hours ago

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