A1 Northbound closed

[Dinsdale]

Ah the old "bomb down the outside lane and take a sharp turn at Arnold Clarks" trick eh?

I used to get wound up by people doing it, but as theres nothing to say you cant I do it every morning.
Get the odd beep or people not letting you in, but that's it.

I go down the outside and I can see the rage building on people in the left lane, but I normally swing down through Birtley and either onto the valley at angel or behind lamesley. Went through Eighton Banks this morning though as the traffic was a bit stinking at the Mill House roundabout at 7.10 for some reason

 

[BigPete]

35 minutes door to door Fulwell to Blaydon for me every day. Daft o’clock like.

f***ing southbound is shit when the schools are off.

It's been fine for me like but I only go as south as team valley

 

[Bob Fleming]

I go down the outside and I can see the rage building on people in the left lane, but I normally swing down through Birtley and either onto the valley at angel or behind lamesley. Went through Eighton Banks this morning though as the traffic was a bit stinking at the Mill House roundabout at 7.10 for some reason

Aye I do that if the A1 is looking pretty much stood still. Any time I've gone through Eighton banks I've ended up in worse traffic though.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Closed again by the police due to folk driving like dickheads

 

[stretch]

Closed again by the police due to folk driving like dickheads

Folk driving the wrong way down the hard shoulder

 

[nyron4england]

Cheers up the 167 it is then.

so thats what kids call it these days

 

[JohnSmithUK]

Aye I do that if the A1 is looking pretty much stood still. Any time I've gone through Eighton banks I've ended up in worse traffic though.

Same as getting off at the Metro Centre, and straight back on, saves loads of time.

 

[sarah_safc]

its been opened now. they have made the tanker safe

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Folk driving the wrong way down the hard shoulder

Ffs

 

[shepherd88]

Folk driving the wrong way down the hard shoulder

Was that what it was, so they went done the slip road, saw the traffic and turned round? Saw the police had closed it again, due to dangerous driving and just thought wankers.

Had the pleasure of the A19 because of this.

 

[Boinger]

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[Sgt Pepper]

Ah the old "bomb down the outside lane and take a sharp turn at Arnold Clarks" trick eh?

I used to get wound up by people doing it, but as theres nothing to say you cant I do it every morning.
Get the odd beep or people not letting you in, but that's it.

I live in Birtley not too far from this area so I’m on the roads round there all the time and a few years back saw someone come the opposite way up that sharp turn, driving in the direction towards the mini roundabout away from the A1 as I was approaching the mini roundabout on the 1231 to turn right and head down into Birtley. Can only presume they couldn’t be arsed to sit in the queue to join the A1 so took a ridiculously sharp right where the roads join and went down through Birtley way. Luckily nobody was going down the right way to join the A1 at the time.

 

[CollingwoodFTM]

Worked a treat for me on my drive from Hampshire. Motorway signs flagged the closure and the A19 diversion. Everyone buggered off the A1 and is plain sailing all thread to Piercebridge.

 

[Dave Herbal]

Was class for me getting on the A1 from the 1231. Sailed through and didn't even have to use my morning cheats.

Wasn’t class trying to get off at Chester le at

 

[tunstall birdman]

Was it not just @tunstall birdman banging one out?

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Any update on a reopening?

 

[BigPete]

Any update on a reopening?

Opened

 

[YorkMackem]

between Chester le Street and Washington.

A lorry is spewing hydrogen on the road

The A19 south of Selby is closed for 3 weeks due to flooding causing structural problems to roads/bridges. Traffic issues on rural detours are going to cause misery.

 

[a1970man]

At the back of Washington services north, is a short footpath that links Penshaw View.

If someone knocked down a fence panel you could use this to join/leave the A1 in an emergency.

.... or when you wished to display twattish behaviour

 

[Dinsdale]

At the back of Washington services north, is a short footpath that links Penshaw View.

If someone knocked down a fence panel you could use this to join/leave the A1 in an emergency.

.... or when you wished to display twattish behaviour

On a similar vein theres an old road which used to pass from Seaham to Murton which was cut in 2 by the A10. There is an entrance to the Seaham bound road still in existence before you get to the dalton park turn off southbound here. Dying to use it next time there's bad traffic queuing on the A19