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A66 Road Closures Today & Roadworks

Check reported current and planned A66 road closures, roadworks and lane restrictions. Source schedule times, permit references, promoters and highway authority details are shown where available.

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About the A66

OS Open Roads reference

This page is tied to the A66 reference in Ordnance Survey’s OS Open Roads network for Great Britain. The route profile below is separate from the live closure records and helps identify the mapped road network this page covers.

Mapped length

121 mi · 196 km

Summed from classified OS road links, not a driving-distance estimate.

OS classification

A Road

Recorded in the verified route dataset for this road reference.

Dataset region

North East

Derived from the road network’s mapped reference coordinate.

Local reference

Mickleton

Durham

Route context for A66 closures

The route’s mapped reference point falls in Durham, near Mickleton. It is an orientation point, not a claimed route endpoint. The live list above remains the source for current and planned closure timings, permit details and affected locations.

Route reference data: Ordnance Survey OS Open Roads, a high-level Great Britain road network dataset.

9 closures found (filtered)

UK ClearRoute records · source times shown
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roadworks — A66 FROM J A1150 ROUNDABOUT TO J A135 E, DARLINGTON
Middlesbrough
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — A591 BOTHEL TO A66T AT KESWICK, BASSENTHWAITE
Cockermouth
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 08:34 Ends: 16 Oct 2026 14:30
roadworks — CASTLE INN ON THE A591 TO THE A66T AT DUBWATH, BASSENTHWAITE
Cockermouth
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 08:34 Ends: 16 Oct 2026 14:30
roadworks — B5291 FROM JUNCTION WITH OUSE BRIDGE TO A66T AT DUBWATH, BASSENTHWAITE LAKE
Cockermouth
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 08:34 Ends: 16 Oct 2026 14:30
closure — A66 MIDDLESBROUGH, MIDDLESBROUGH
Middlesbrough
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Oct 2026 19:00 Ends: —
roadworks — A591 BOTHEL TO A66T AT KESWICK, BOTHEL
Aspatria
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — BROUGHAM ON THE B6262 FROM THE A6 TO THE A66, BROUGHAM
Penrith
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — BROOM ON THE C3004 TO THE A66T, LONG MARTON
Appleby-in-Westmorland
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 28 Jul 2025 09:40 Ends: 31 May 2029 17:00
roadworks — ROAD FROM THE A66 JUNCTION AT TROUTBECK ON THE A5091 TO THE JUNCTION WITH THE U3133, TROUTBECK
Penrith
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —

A66 — Live Statistics

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Road Closures on the A66

Road Closures UK shows 23 current and planned disruption records associated with the A66, sourced from Street Manager and National Highways. The record type distinguishes full closures from roadworks and lane restrictions where supplied. Each record includes the available permit reference, promoter, responsible highway authority and scheduled dates. Sign up for free email alerts for new matching records.

Scope: UK-only records supplied through ClearRoute for A66. “Current” is determined from available source event times; planned reports and records without usable event times are identified by their visible schedule details. The site-wide connection/cache status is separate from each record’s source timing.

What these local A66 records show

Of the 23 locally scoped records for A66, 5 have source times indicating it is scheduled active and 14 are scheduled to start later. 4 reports do not have usable source schedule times. Locations affected include Middlesbrough, Cockermouth, Kirkby Stephen and Appleby-in-Westmorland. Recorded severity is medium (23). The latest scheduled end date on this page is 31 May.

Live closure details

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Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows UK-filtered current and planned disruption records reported for the A66 through ClearRoute. “Current” depends on available source schedule times; use the type filter to distinguish full road closures from roadworks and lane restrictions, then open a record for its permit reference, promoter and highway authority.
A66 road closure data comes from official UK sources: Street Manager (councils and utility companies), National Highways (motorways and major A-roads), D-TRO (Digital Traffic Regulation Orders), Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales, and TrafficWatchNI. All data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Road Closures UK can show reported full closures, roadworks and lane restrictions on the A66 up to 90 days in advance. Street Manager permits are submitted by councils and utility companies before work begins, so you can often see planned work weeks or months ahead of the start date.
Yes. Use the date and type filters on this page to review reported records scheduled for today, then open a record to confirm its available start and end times. A record is not treated as a live closure solely because it is listed for today.
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