A1 reopens near Leeming Bar 32 hours after abnormal load broke down

By The Newsroom
Published 1st Feb 2018, 09:03 BST
Updated 1st Feb 2018, 09:06 BST
Highways England shared these images of the broken down transporter and the 32-hour recovery operation.Highways England shared these images of the broken down transporter and the 32-hour recovery operation.
Highways England shared these images of the broken down transporter and the 32-hour recovery operation.
The A1 motorway reopened near Leeming Bar this morning after almost 32 hours of closures caused by the breakdown of a transporter carrying a 57 tonne bridge joint.

The sheer scale of the load created a logistical nightmare for recovery teams who had to draft in a 120 tonne crane to help lift the bridge joint onto a second transporter vehicle.