{"id":535764,"date":"2026-04-17T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535764\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:07:08","slug":"m66-traffic-road-closed-in-both-directions-due-to-police-incident-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535764\/","title":{"rendered":"M66 traffic: Road closed in both directions due to &#8216;police incident&#8217; | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road users travelling northbound are advised to follow the solid triangle diversion symbol visible on local road signs.<\/p>\n<p>Leave the M66 northbound at Junction 3.<br \/>\nFrom the northbound slip roads at Junction 3, turn right onto Pilsworth Road, heading east, and continue for a short distance.<br \/>\nAt the junction with Moss Hall Road, turn left and continue north. Moss Hall Road becomes Heap Brow.<br \/>\nAt the junction of Heap Brow and the A58 (Heap Bridge), turn left onto the A58.<br \/>\nAt the A58 and M66 Junction 2 roundabout, take the fourth exit to rejoin the M66 northbound.<\/p>\n<p>There is an eighteen\u2011tonne weight restriction on this diversion route between 8pm and 6am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Road users travelling northbound are advised to follow the solid triangle diversion symbol visible on local road signs.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,185150,185152,1768,185151,185153,50,80000,139097,156739,1561,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-535764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-m66-closure","12":"tag-m66-motorway","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-motorway","15":"tag-manchester-traffic","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-police-incident","18":"tag-road-closure","19":"tag-traffic-disruption","20":"tag-traffic-news","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}