Both lanes of the A19 southbound are still closed near Killingworth by an obstruction. National Highways now expects it to clear between 2.15am and 2.30am.

Update, 12.03am: Both lanes are still closed, according to National Highways’ live traffic data. It now expects the obstruction to clear between 2.15am and 2.30am on Thursday. At 11.44pm it had given 1.45am to 2am. Its estimate has moved back repeatedly through the evening, from an earlier 9.45pm to 10pm.

Both lanes of the A19 southbound are closed between the A189 and A1056 junctions near Killingworth because of an obstruction, National Highways says.

  • What: 2 of 2 lanes closed by an obstruction.
  • Where: A19 southbound, between the A189 and A1056 junctions, near Killingworth.
  • When: Reported at 8.04pm. National Highways expects it to clear between 2.15am and 2.30am on Thursday. An earlier obstruction on the same stretch, first reported at 1.26pm, had gone from the feed by 8.24pm.

Source: National Highways live traffic information. Last checked at 12.03am on Thursday 12 November. We will update this story when National Highways or Northumbria Police say more.