The following roads meet the A17, and also have services guides on this website: A1, A46 and the A47. Our colleagues at Cambridgeshire Live are reporting that an air ambulance is at the scene. Easy to understand pictograms are displayed on your map. The westbound carriageway of the A47 King's Lynn was closed, causng four miles of queueing traffic. Thank you for following our live updates. No word on any injuries yet. [21] This bridge retains its swing function necessary for access to Wisbech port for pleasure craft and small coasters. The road also enters North Kesteven. Except where otherwise noted, content and photographs on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.Owned, operated and copyright CliqTo Ltd 2023 and Chris Haycock. Six vehicles are involved, two lorries and four vans. At Heckington, the 2.5million 2.8-mile (4.5km) bypass was opened on 14 December 1982 by Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey. Roadworks ROAD WORKS Location: The A47 westbound between the junctions with the A1075 and the A1065 . Queues on the A10 have extended all the way back to the roundabout with the A134 and Watlington Road with delays of 11 minutes and average speeds of 10mph. On the former route to Sleaford there is a McDonald's and the Texaco Hockmeyer Motors. The A47 retains trunk road status as far as its junction with the A1. The road used to briefly follow Ermine Street southwards to Byard's Leap with its cafe,[1] and then eastwards to the current route at the B1429 junction. Postcode: PE12 9AG ( Google Maps link ) Access/Layout: Single site located at a junction. The A17 road is a mostly single carriageway road linking Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, to King's Lynn in Norfolk.It stretches for a distance of 62 miles travelling across the flat fen landscapes of southern Lincolnshire and western Norfolk and links the East Midlands with East Anglia.The road is notable for its numerous roundabouts and notoriously dangerous staggered junctions . It meets the A151 on a newly built 5.4 million roundabout which opened in December 2017,[19] and there is also a roundabout for the B1168 (the former route through Holbeach). Traffic is likely to be directed through Wisbech along the A47 and A1101, so both those roads will likely have heavier traffic while the A17 is closed. Long Sutton services is positioned on Wisbech Road. At one point, police closed the A17 to help with traffic control but the road was reopened again by 6.30pm. Click here to like and follow. Freddie Lynne. Long Sutton #norfolkroads A47 Kings Lynn, Westbound between Hardwick R/A towards Pullover road about has been closed, diversions in place. At the point where it crosses the former Grantham to Lincoln Line, it enters South Kesteven, at Fulbeck. Inrix traffic monitoring system says: "A17 in both directions closed due to fire services activity between Sutton Road and Station Road South. If you're caught by the police driving whilst using a hand-held phone you'll get an automatic fixed penalty notice, 6 points on your licence and a fine of 200. A Gannett Company. It is the only substantial section of dual-carriageway on the route, and the main opportunity to overtake caravans and lorries. The road was closed both ways between the A1101 at Wisbech and the A17 near Lynn as police investigation work took place at scene. Our sister title Cambridge Live has reported there is a lot of debris on the road. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 05:30 and 05:45 on 15 January 2023. It meets the former route (with access for Pottergate Road to Wellingore, and the A607) and passes across Fulbeck Heath. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies -. Norfolk Police have tweeted to say the A47 has now fully reopened. [citation needed]. Delays on the A149 are reported to be approximately 22 minutes. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service was at the scene battling a blaze near King's Lynn. 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In the summer there are many caravans travelling to Great Yarmouth and the north Norfolk coast. Police are currently waiting for the two vehicles to be recovered. At Kirkby la Thorpe it meets the former route from Sleaford, near the Queens Head. [6] There is the grade-separated Bone Mill Junction with the A153, which shares the route from Holdingham, and the B1517 for Sleaford. In addition, traffic flow (green: smooth traffic, red: traffic jams, orange: slow moving traffic, black: road closed) is available on the map. The following traffic incidents and congestion for King's Lynn have been reported by Highways England, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales or Transport for London (TfL) in the last two hours: There are no current incidents in this location. The fire service advised people to stay away from the area. 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In Terrington St Clement, there is a crossroads at Balsam Field, for Tilney High End to the right, at which there is the African Violet Centre with a cafe. A17 traffic as air ambulance lands at six vehicle horror crash at Sutton Bridge. For more news follow NorfolkLive to stay in the know. 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It meets the B1359 (for Long Sutton), and the A1101, for Wisbech, at a roundabout. Get the latest news, entertainment, and top stories about King's Lynn from the BBC King's Lynn Traffic All the information on real-time traffic conditions for King's Lynn with ViaMichelin. Diversions are in place and and people are being asked to avoid the area. At Moulton, there is a right turn for the B1357 for Moulton Seas End. In March 1991 the ship was holed and sank when, on a falling tide, she settled on a dislodged limestone boulder used to reinforce the Welland channel and was cut up on site later the same year. The A17 has very few stretches of dual-carriageway (four in total) with the longest being the Sleaford bypass which is 3 miles (4.8km) long with the second-longest at Beckingham which is just .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}12 mile (0.80km) long and the other two stretches are at roundabouts in Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge both of which are under 14 mile (0.40km) long. Google traffic data is currently showing miles of delays on the road in both directions. At this point the former road passed through Saracen's Head, Holbeach and Fleet Hargate. The western end of the road formerly began at the former A46 junction in Newark-on-Trent where Queens Road met North Gate (former A46). Work starts tonight on surface dressing works on the A17 Lynn Road, Tilney All Saints. We were quite shocked. Traffic delays and accident updates in and around king's lynn Feel free to share the traffic where you are and any known accidents. Current traffic around Wisbech The following traffic incidents and congestion for Wisbech have been reported by Highways England, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales or Transport for London (TfL) in the last two hours: ACCIDENT Location: The A47 westbound between the A17 and the junction with the A141 . The long diversion was put in place because of weight limits on surrounding roads and the location of the collision. This is one of the most accident-prone junctions in Lincolnshire. The section from the A15 to the A153 had earlier been opened on 14 November 1973. All the information on real-time traffic conditions for King's Lynn with ViaMichelin. Polic were called to the scene just after 11am following a two car collision near the Saddlebow roundabout in the westbound carriageway. Traffic was building in the area with queues forming between King's Lynn and Sutton Bridge. Roads and transport Roads Planned roadworks Planned roadworks You can find a map of scheduled roadworks, road closures and diversions in Norfolk on the one.network website . The other is the A47 via Peterborough, which is a longer route but has more dual carriageway, particularly around Peterborough, though it too remains mostly single carriageway. The A47 Pullover Road westbound is currently blocked with long delays and four miles of queueing traffic. This site uses cookies. Motorists are facing long delays on major routes in King's Lynn due to an accident between the A10 West Winch Road (Hardwick Roundabout) and A17 (Pullover Roundabout). The vehicle was carrying 20 tonnes of car batteries, and the blaze is understood to have started inside the cargo. The road is completely closed in both directions between the A17, Pullover Roundabout, King's Lynn and. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. There is a left turn for the B1395, for South Kyme, and the road forms the parish boundary between Heckington and Great Hale until the district boundary. There are also severe delays of 25 minutes on the A17 westbound at Walpole Cross Keys as well as delays of 10 minutes, and increasing, on the A17 at Sutton Bridge. On arrival, they found a van containing a large amount of soil and 12,000 pounds worth of harvested cannabis, Cambridgeshire County Council plans big council tax hike - full band by band breakdown. Avoid area if possible. A 51-mile diversion was in place on Saturday evening/Sunday morning after a stretch of the A47 was closed following a serious collision. The A17 is completely closed after six vehicles were involved in a pile-up. 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