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 8 to 6 carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bolton M61 · M61 Southbound Between J8 And J6

Starts in 20 hours 44 minutes

Starts 5 Aug 2026, 21:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M61 Southbound Jct 8 to 6 carriageway closure

Category: Construction Work

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Recently cleared on the M61

A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Cleared

Cleared 15 minutes 21 seconds ago
M61 North & Southbound mobile hardshoulder closure from M60 - M6
Cleared

Cleared 30 minutes 21 seconds ago
M61 Southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 21/7 to 19/1)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 5 minutes ago
A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Cleared

Cleared 4 hours 21 seconds ago
M61 Northbound Jct 4 entry slip road lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 4 hours 15 minutes ago
M61 Southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 21/7 to 19/1)
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 4 hours ago
M61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 27/6 to 25/3)
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 15 minutes ago
M61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 27/6 to 25/3)
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 4 hours ago
M61 Southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 21/7 to 19/1)
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 21 hours ago
M61 Southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 21/7 to 19/1)
Cleared

Cleared 4 days 5 hours ago

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