M11 closed for hours near Stansted after lorry smashes through barrier 

Two pictures showing a lorry crashed through the barrier on the M11 near Stansted Airport.
The lorry came close to tipping into the ditch after it crashed on the M11 (Picture: National Highways)

Part of the M11 has been closed for hours after a lorry crashed through the barrier in Essex.

Long traffic delays are building on the M11 northbound after the crash near Stansted Airport this morning.

All lanes closed on the northbound carriageway after the lorry breached the barrier between junction J8 (Stansted Airport) and J10 (Duxford).

Footage shows the truck leaning on its left side and almost tipped over into the ditch.

Drivers face around 20-minute delays approaching J8 and three miles of congestion.

Map shows where the M11 is closed near Stansted after a lorry crash.
A stretch of the M11 is blocked off northbound between Bishop’s Stortford and Duxford (Picture: Google)

Motorists should leave extra time for their journeys, the police said following the crash shortly before 6am this morning.

National Highways said the ‘recovery and barrier repair looks complicated’ and there is no estimate of re-opening.

Passengers heading to Stansted can still get there from J8, but delays are building on the northbound approach, it said.

Diversions have been put in place through A120 and drivers should follow the route marked with the solid circle symbol on local road signs.

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