Dundee Dundee drivers face long delays after Tay Road Bridge shut Police and lifeboat crews were called to the incident. By Bryan Copland & Neil Henderson November 13 2024, 8:35am November 13 2024, 8:35am Share Dundee drivers face long delays after Tay Road Bridge shut Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/5124129/delays-dundee-city-centre-incident-tay-road-bridge/ Copy Link Queues of traffic at Marketgait in Dundee. Image: Andrew Robson/DC Thomson Drivers faced long delays in Dundee city centre after the Tay Road Bridge was shut. The southbound carriageway was closed for more than half an hour on Wednesday morning due to a police incident. The northbound side was also shut briefly. The bridge fully reopened at around 9am. Long delays on Dundee roads There were long delays in Dundee city centre with traffic queued along East Dock Street as far as the junction with Broughty Ferry Road. One driver said at around 8.30am: “I’ve turned onto Broughty Ferry Road heading towards Blackscroft and no one is moving anywhere. “I’m probably a mile from the Marketgait roundabout. I don’t think I’ve ever been stopped this far back by traffic before. Queues on Broughty Ferry Road. Image: Andrew Robson/DC Thomson Long queues on Blackscroft. Image: Andrew Robson/DC Thomson “The queues on Dock Street are all the way back to the Broughty Ferry Road junction.” Xplore Dundee says its bus services are still seeing a knock-on effect of the earlier delays. A coastguard spokesperson said Broughty Ferry lifeboat had been called to the scene at around 8.15am to assist police with an ongoing incident. Police Scotland has since confirmed that a man died after being pulled from the river.
