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The A66 is blocked both ways and there are long delays due to a traffic incident involving two cars at the B5289.
The incidentis affecting traffic between Keswick and Braithwaite.
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The situation has been exacerbated because the A66 is being used as a diversion route for the current A591 roadwork closure.
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