Temporary traffic lights. Image credit: Michael Dibb / Geograph
🚧 NORTH EAST ROADWORKS & ROAD CLOSURES – FULL WEEKLY UPDATE 🚧
📅 Monday 26 October – Sunday 1 November 2026
Planning a journey this week? 🚗
Here's the full list of 80 roadworks, road closures and traffic restrictions featured in this week's regional roundup, covering Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, County Durham, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Some restrictions are temporary, while others will remain in place for several months or longer.
📍 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
🚦 Claremont Road – Temporary traffic lights in both directions at Claremont Street. Until 4pm, 8 November.
⛔ Pottery Lane – Clod in both directions between Shot Factory Lane and Forth Banks (B1600). Until 6pm, 4 December.
🚦 Broadmead Way, Scotswood – Temporary traffic lights at Whickham View (B1311) for gas main works. Until 17 December.
🚦 Whickham View, Scotswood – Temporary traffic lights between Balfour Road and Broadmead Way for gas main works. Until 21 December.
🚦 Gallowgate (B1311) – Temporary traffic lights between Percy Street and St Andrews Street. Until 27 February 2027.
🚦 City West Business Park, Elswick – Temporary traffic lights at Scotswood Road (A695). Delays expected. Until 4pm, 26 March 2027.
🚦 William Armstrong Drive, Benwell – Temporary traffic lights at Scotswood Road (A695). Until 4pm, 26 March 2027.
⛔ Pottery Lane – Also listed as closed between Forth Banks and Shot Factory Lane until 5pm, 31 March 2027. This appears to overlap with the earlier entry, with a different end date.
⛔ Worswick Street – One-way street closed between Pilgrim Street and Carliol Square. Until 10 April 2027.
🚦 Adelaide Terrace, Benwell – Temporary traffic lights at Bond Street. Delays expected. Until 4pm, 7 May 2027.
⛔ Whitehouse Road, Scotswood – Closed between the Armstrong Road/Whitehouse Road junction and Walwick Fell. Until 18 July 2027.
⚠️ Tyne Bridge (A167) – Lane closures, narrow lanes and a 30mph speed restriction between Newcastle and Church Street, Gateshead. Delays expected. Until 16 June 2028.
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📍 NORTH TYNESIDE
🚦 Front Street, Whitley Bay – Temporary traffic lights at Cauldwell Lane for gas main works. Delays expected. Until 28 October.
🚦 Great Lime Road (B1505), Forest Hall – Temporary traffic lights at Glebe Road for gas main works. Until 30 October.
🚦 Myrtle Crescent, Forest Hall – Temporary traffic lights at Glebe Road for gas main works. Until 30 October.
🚦 Norham Road, North Shields – Temporary traffic lights at Nunwick Gardens for electricity works. Until 30 October.
⚠️ Preston North Road (A192) – Northbound lane closure between Beach Road (A1058) and Hartburn Road, near Morrisons, for junction, footpath and crossing improvements. Until 3.30pm, 10 November.
🚦 B1319, Dudley – Temporary traffic lights between Ashkirk and Meadowbank for gas main works. Until 13 November.
🚦 B1319, Dudley – Temporary traffic lights at Fern Drive for gas main works. Until 13 November.
🚦 Glebe Road, Forest Hall – Temporary traffic lights around Myrtle Crescent for gas main works. Until 13 November.
⚠️ B1319 at Ashkirk – Gas main works affecting traffic in both directions. Until 19 November.
🚦 Backworth Lane (B1322) – Temporary traffic lights at Church Road for gas main works. Until 23 December.
🚦 Killingworth Lane (B1317) – Temporary traffic lights near Simonside Way. Until 22 September 2027.
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📍 NORTHUMBERLAND
🚦 Hartford Road (A1068), Bedlington – Temporary traffic lights near Hartlands for telecommunications work. Until 27 October.
🚦 Ridge Terrace (B1331) – Temporary traffic lights between Hazelmere Avenue and Netherton Lane for water main works. Until 27 October.
🚦 A197 – Temporary traffic lights between National Cycle Network Route 155 and Front Street for telecommunications work. Delays expected. Until 27 October.
🚦 Stonyflat Bank (B6395) – Temporary traffic lights between Eastwoods Road and Redwell Road for water main works. Until 27 October.
🚦 Elmwood Drive – Temporary traffic lights between Ashbrooke Drive and Thornhill Road for electricity works. Until 27 October.
🚦 River View – Temporary traffic lights at Burnside Close for water main works. Until 28 October.
⛔ Hallstile Bank – Northbound closure between Hallgate and Haugh Lane. Until 31 October.
🚦 Green Lane – Temporary traffic lights around Briardene for water main works. Until 1 November.
🚦 Choppington Road (A1068) – Temporary traffic lights between Ewart Drive and Corchester Road for electricity works. Until 5 November.
🚦 Union Street (B1327), Blyth – Temporary traffic lights near the B1328 for gas main works. Delays expected. Until 6 November.
🚦 Hawthorn Road, Ashington – Temporary traffic lights between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue for gas main works. Until 6 November.
🚦 South Newsham Road (A1061), Blyth – Temporary traffic lights at Fulmar Drive. Delays expected. Until 3pm, 13 November.
⚠️ Moorland Avenue, East Sleekburn – Traffic taking turns between Moorland Crescent and Moorland Drive due to roadworks. Until 13 November.
⚠️ Park Road – Traffic taking turns at Rosalind Avenue during gas main works. Until 19 November.
🚦 Sixth Avenue, Ashington – Temporary traffic lights at Rosalind Street for gas main works. Until 20 November.
⛔ B6306 – Closed in both directions between Dipton Mill Road and Yarridge Road. Until 4.30pm, 23 November.
⛔ B6309, East Wallhouses – Closed between the Aydon turning and the B6318 for water main works. Until 27 November.
🚦 B6309, Belsay/Black Heddon – Temporary traffic lights between the Ingoe turning and Wallridge turning for water main works. Until 4 December.
⛔ B6321, Corbridge – Closed between the B6259 at Corbridge and A695 at Dilston. Until 5pm, 22 December.
🚦 Sandfield Road, East Sleekburn – Temporary traffic lights at Harbour View. Until 22 January 2027.
⛔ Station Road, Fourstones – Closed between Stanegate at Fourstones and North Bank at Haydon Bridge for emergency repairs and roadworks. Until 31 March 2027.
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📍 GATESHEAD
🚦 Meresyde – Temporary traffic lights between Stileford and Lingshaw for water main works. Until 27 October.
🚦 Eskdale, Birtley – Temporary traffic lights between Scafell and Coniston for water main works. Until 30 October.
🚦 Whickham Highway (B6317) – Temporary traffic lights between Dunston Bank, Dunston Hill, and Knightside Gardens, Lobley Hill. Until 5pm, 4 November.
⚠️ A695, Blaydon – Eastbound exit slip road lane blocked at Chain Bridge Road for electricity works. Until 13 November.
⛔ Autumn Drive – Closed between Rose Street, Bensham, and North Side, Newcastle Business Park. Until 6pm, 31 March 2028.
⛔ Gateshead Flyover (A167) – Closed in both directions for major demolition works between High Street West (B1426) and Hawks Road/Lambton Street. The road underneath between the Durham Road and Park Lane roundabouts is also closed. Until 11 September 2028.
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📍 COUNTY DURHAM
⚠️ Wolsingham Drive, Newton Hall – Traffic taking turns at Carr House Drive. Until 27 October.
🚦 Durham Road (A691) – Temporary traffic lights near Laburnum Avenue (B6322) for telecommunications work. Until 27 October.
🚦 Dixon Street – Temporary traffic lights at Durham Road (A691) for telecommunications work. Until 27 October.
⚠️ Watson Street – Traffic taking turns between Front Street (B6310) and Raglan Place. Until 28 October.
🚦 Bridge Street (A689) – Temporary traffic lights at Station Road. Until 28 October.
⚠️ Station Road – Traffic taking turns at Nicholsons Terrace for gas main works. Until 5pm, 29 October.
🚦 Wolsingham Road – Temporary traffic lights at Arthur Terrace for gas main works. Until 5pm, 30 October.
🚦 Stockley Lane, Brancepeth – Temporary traffic lights at the A690 for electricity works. Until 30 October.
🚦 Station Road (B1404) – Temporary traffic lights at Northlea Road for electricity works. Delays expected. Until 1 November.
🚦 B6306, Edmundbyers – Temporary traffic lights between Pow Hill Country Park and Park Bank, Blanchland, for water main works. Until 2 November.
🚦 Carr Avenue, Brandon – Temporary traffic lights at Lowland Road for gas main works. Until 5pm, 5 November.
🚦 Lowland Road, Meadowfield – Temporary traffic lights between Sawmills Lane and Carr Avenue for gas main works. Until 5pm, 6 November.
🚦 Sawmills Lane, Brandon – Temporary traffic lights at Grove Road for gas main works. Until 5pm, 6 November.
⛔ Avon Road – Closed between Marx Crescent and Kier Hardie Avenue for water main works. Until 6 November.
🚦 High Street North (A690) – Temporary traffic lights at Mill Road. Until 8 November.
🚦 Heathway, Dawdon – Temporary traffic lights between Fern Crescent and Parkside Crescent for gas main works. Until 5pm, 10 November.
🚦 Stockley Grove, Brancepeth – Temporary traffic lights at the A690 for electricity works. Until 3 December.
🚦 A177, Sedgefield – Temporary traffic lights at Stonybeck Lane for water main works. Delays expected. Until 22 January 2027.
⛔ A689, Cowshill – Northbound closure between Bents Lane and Allers Bridge. Until 1 October 2027.
⚠️ Framwelgate Waterside, Durham – Narrow lanes in both directions between Sidegate and Millburngate. Until 31 December 2027.
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📍 SOUTH TYNESIDE
🚦 Abingdon Way (B1298), Boldon Colliery – Temporary traffic lights at Didcot Way for water main works. Until 2 November.
🚦 Abingdon Way (B1298), Boldon Colliery – Temporary traffic lights between Witney Way and Newcastle Road (A184). Delays expected. Until 5pm, 18 December.
⛔ River Drive, South Shields – Closed in both directions between Long Row and the B1303. Until 14 October 2027.
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📍 SUNDERLAND
⚠️ Leechmere Road (B1405) – Lane closure in both directions between Tunstall Road and Heathfield. Until 30 October.
🚦 Tilbury Road – Temporary traffic lights between Thorndale Road and Tay Road for electricity works. Until 5 November.
⛔ Dene Road – Closed between Castle View and North View for gas main works. Until 6 November.
🚦 Redcar Road – Temporary traffic lights at Ramsgate Road. Until 6 November.
⛔ Mowbray Road – Closed between Salem Street South and Suffolk Street. Until 31 December.
⛔ Burdon Lane – Closed between Woodham Drive and Burdon Road. Until 1 August 2027.
⛔ Easington Street – Closed between Millennium Way and Hay Street. Until 9 January 2029.
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🚗 PLEASE PLAN YOUR JOURNEYS
If you're travelling for work, school runs, appointments or visiting family, it's worth checking your route before setting off.
⚠️ Temporary lights and lane restrictions may cause additional delays, particularly during morning and evening rush hours.
📌 Please note that these are the restrictions reported for this week, including longer-running works. Dates and traffic arrangements can change, and additional emergency roadworks may be introduced at short notice.
💬 Are there any other roadworks, unexpected closures or particularly bad delays in your area?
Let us know in the comments so we can help keep fellow residents informed.
👍 Please share this update with anyone travelling around the North East this week.
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