NSW Traffic Alert: Changed traffic conditions on Newcastle Road at Jesmond

Source: Transport for NSW (28.02.2025)

There will be changed traffic conditions on Newcastle Road at the Jesmond Interchange from Sunday 2 to Tuesday 11 March. Work will be carried out from Sunday to Thursday, 7pm to 5am, weather permitting, including:

• intermittent single lane closures on the westbound lanes for Newcastle Road
• intermittent single lane closures on the Newcastle Inner City Bypass
• closure of eastbound lanes for up to four nights on Thursday 6 and from Sunday 9 to Tuesday 11 March. There will be detours of up to 2.5 kilometres.

Detours include:

• Motorists travelling eastbound on Newcastle Road will be detoured north via the slip lane onto the Newcastle Inner City Bypass to U-turn at the University Drive roundabout.
• Westbound motorists travelling north onto the bypass will be detoured further west to U-turn at the Thomas Street roundabout, Wallsend.

During this time, B-Double operators of loads up to 4.5 metres wide and under 5.9 metres high are permitted to travel through the intersection on Newcastle Road at Jesmond. 

Oversize Overmass operators with ground contact width wider than 3.2 metres and/or width greater than 4.5 metres are advised to contact the project team on 1800 818 433 at least one day ahead of movement to avoid significant delays.

Vehicles travelling under permit must not travel off the approved route listed in the permit unless an updated permit is obtained from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR).

Work area on Newcastle Road at the Jemond Interchange

For more information on this work, visit https://www.livetraffic.com/ or download the Live Traffic NSW app.