NSW: Changed traffic conditions on Old Maitland Road at Hexham

Source: Transport for NSW (01.05.2025)

There will be changed traffic conditions on Old Maitland Road at Hexham from Sunday 4 to Tuesday 6 May. Work will be carried out overnight from 7pm to 5am, weather permitting, including:

• the right hand turn lane into Old Maitland Road will be temporarily restricted. Vehicles travelling southbound will need to detour 800 metres south via Sandgate Road
• the U-turn facility will be temporarily restricted. Vehicles exiting Old Maitland Road will continue travelling straight through the median southbound under direction of traffic control. 

Vehicles needing the U-turn facility north of Old Maitland Road from the Newcastle Inner City Bypass should follow the direction of traffic control, turn left onto Old Maitland Road using the U-turn facility, then continue to follow the map.

Work area on Old Maitland Road at Hexham

Major work on the Hexham Straight Widening project will be carried out from 7am to 6pm Monday to Friday. Out of hours work times from 7pm to 7am Sunday to Thursday and Saturday between 8am and 1pm.

For more information about this project, please contact the project team via email at hexhamstraight@transport.nsw.gov.au. 

For more information on this work, visit https://www.livetraffic.com/incident-details/157644 or download the Live Traffic NSW app. To receive updates direct to your phone, search for 'Hexham' in your Live Traffic app, select the incident and click 'Follow'.