Overturned lorry on A550 Welsh Road has been moved and road is back open

Update: Earlier overturned lorry on A550 Welsh Road Northbound at A494 (Shotwick / Birkenhead Turn Off) has been moved, recovery is complete and the road has reopened.

Earlier Report: The A550 Welsh Road is closed both ways closed due to an overturned lorry.

A lorry is reported to have gone into the ditch and recovery work is underway.

The road is closed from A494 (Shotwick / Birkenhead Turn Off, Shotwick) to A540 Parkgate Road (Two Mills Traffic Lights, Two Mills)

The slip road is closed from the #A494 northbound towards the #A550 #WelshRoad at the #A5117 #Woodbank junction due to a collision @NWmwaypolice pic.twitter.com/UaXYFEaKvK

— Highways England (@HighwaysNWEST) March 15, 2020

Latest traffic report states: 

“A550 Welsh Road both ways closed, queueing traffic due to overturned lorry from A494 (Shotwick / Birkenhead Turn Off, Shotwick) to A540 Parkgate Road (Two Mills Traffic Lights, Two Mills).

The lorry has gone into the ditch, further recovery work is required resulting in the road being closed in both directions.”