Durham Bypass Closures Today— 1 Active

Live road closure data for the Durham Bypass (A1(M)), County Durham. Updated Friday, 2 October 2026.

A1(M)10 milesCounty DurhamOpened 1968

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About the Durham Bypass

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Infrastructure type: Road bypass
Road reference: A1(M)
Mapped location: Durham, County Durham
Dataset region: North East

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roadworks — A1M FROM J61 TO J62 N, DURHAM Bowburn	—	16 Oct 2026 08:00	16 Oct 2026 14:00	27 Jul 2026 09:31	—	mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 16 Oct 2026 08:00 Ends: 16 Oct 2026 14:00

About the Durham Bypass

The Durham Bypass forms part of the A1(M) motorway, routing traffic around the historic cathedral city of Durham in County Durham. The bypass connects junctions 61 and 63 of the A1(M) and provides a strategic route for traffic between Newcastle and Darlington. National Highways manages this section of the A1(M), which is the main north-south route through the North East.

The Durham Bypass is maintained by National Highways. UK-filtered disruption records are supplied through ClearRoute and shown here with available source schedule details.

Areas Near the Durham Bypass

Sunderland Darlington Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Consett Stanley Seaham

Road Closures on the Durham Bypass

Road Closures UK shows all 1 current and planned road closures on the Durham Bypass, sourced from Street Manager and National Highways. Bypass closures can cause significant disruption to local traffic — each record includes the full permit reference, the promoting organisation, the responsible highway authority, and whether a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is in place.

Scope: UK-only records supplied through ClearRoute for Durham Bypass. “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 the current Durham Bypass records show

The 1 record currently published for Durham Bypass is scheduled to start later rather than active today. Recorded severity is medium (1). The latest scheduled end date on this page is 16 October.

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roadworks — A1M FROM J61 TO J62 N, DURHAM

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows UK-filtered current and planned disruption records reported for the Durham Bypass 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.

Durham Bypass 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 Durham Bypass 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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