Live updates as overturned crane cause A3 to be shut northbound in Hampshire
A major road closure is in place on the A3 in Hampshire this evening.
The road is currently closed on the northbound carriageway between Sheet on-slip and the Liss junction.
Police have said that the road closure has been put in place due to overturned mobile crane.
Highways England tweeted: ‘Recovery has been arranged however the closure is likely to be protracted’.
Motorists are advised to ‘avoid the area’.
There are delays back to the A272 Winchester Road, Hampshire County Council’s ROMANSE traffic account.
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