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— National Highways: North-East (@HighwaysNEAST) December 4, 2025
TUNNELS CLOSED
Due to an ongoing @northumbriapol led incident.@NlandFRS and North East Ambulance service also on scene.
Please use alternate routes eg: #A1 Western Bypass.
Expect delays. pic.twitter.com/Zi4HRTFAwy
Hello and welcome to ChronicleLive's live traffic and travel updates for Newcastle and the North East.
Stay tuned here to see all the latest on the North East's roads and public transport including Tyne & Wear Metro, trains and buses, Newcastle International Airport and any travel disruption. First thing this morning, there's a closure on the Tyne Bridge due to a police incident.
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Ticket acceptance is available on Stagecoach services 12, 22, 39, 40, 62, 63.
Nexus said:
We apologise for any inconvenience this will cause to your journey and thank you for your patience.
The Metro service is still suspended between Chillingham Road to St James in both directions due to a signalling issue.
Nexus is assessing the problem and aim to restore services as quickly as possible.
A68 Southbound closed due to recovery work and earlier vehicle fire from A69 (Styford Roundabout) to Broomhaugh Roundabout. Traffic is coping well.
"At 11:33am, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service received reports of a vehicle fire on the A68 near Corbridge. One appliance from Hexham Fire Station attended the incident. On arrival, crews extinguished the fire before handing the incident over to Northumbria Police. NFRS left the scene at 12:31pm."
- that's from a Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson.
We have approached the police and fire services for updates. More to follow
A68 closed due to a vehicle fire at Corbridge(Image: Google)
Road closed - map. This shows where the vehicle fire is understood to be - in the vicinity of Brockbushes at Corbridge. Where the A68 meets the A69.
We understand the A68 is closed at Corbridge due to a vehicle fire. More to follow.
Both those incidents appear to have been resolved
Traffic monitoring is also showing the A193 New Bridge Street in both directions partially blocked, and with slow traffic due to police incident from B1312 Byker Bank (Byker West roundabout ) to B1600 Crawhall Road. More to follow.
"Two lanes closed and slow traffic due to incident on A1 Western Bypass Southbound at J75 A69 (Denton Burn roundabout)."
This is everything you need to know about the earlier closure. We've run down exactly what we know from this morning's incident - understood to have seen someone taken to hospital for further treatment.
More traffic images show queues through Gateshead(Image: NE Traffic Cameras)
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: We received a call at 4.42am on Thursday 4 December to reports of an incident on the quayside in Newcastle.
"We dispatched two ambulance crews, two clinical team leaders, and two crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). One patient was taken to hospital for further treatment."
We understand the Tyne Bridge is now re-open
More traffic images show queues through Gateshead(Image: NE Traffic Cameras)
Significant queues through Gateshead
If this piece has affected you and you want to talk to someone, there are helplines and support groups available, many of them 24/7.
The NHS Choices website lists the following helplines and support networks for people to talk to.
Reminder that the road closure at the Tyne Bridge affects the stretch from Church Street in Gateshead and the Swan House Roundabout
Reminder - huge queues due to closure on the Tyne Bridge - in both directions. Traffic is now backed up for miles through Gateshead and back into Newcastle.
The Tyne Tunnels appear to be open - though there are delays in the area..
Huge queues through Gateshead due to the Tyne Bridge closure.
Traffic camera shows huge queues through Gateshead(Image: NE Traffic Cameras)
In a now-deleted post on X Highways England North East said that the Tyne Tunnels were closed. We understand this not to have been the case.
Map shows Tyne Bridge closures on December 4 2025(Image: Google)
"The A19 in both directions partially blocked due to police incident from the A185 (Jarrow) to A193 (Howdon Roundabout, Wallsend). Traffic is coping well."
More to follow.
In addition to the Tyne Bridge closure, there's also an issue on the A1.
A1(M) Southbound partially blocked, traffic congestion due to incident from J62 A690 (Carrville) to J61 A688 Tursdale Road (Bowburn).
Morning - The Tyne Bridge is closed in both directions due to a police incident - more to follow.
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