A BROKEN-DOWN lorry has been cleared which caused queuing on a main Southampton road. 

Traffic on Redbridge Road at the slip road to the M271 is starting to clear after the obstruction was removed by emergency services. 

At 17.52pm Southampton Highways team tweeted: "Redbridge Road outbound offslip towards M271 now clear following earlier broken down lorry.

"Queues remain on approach but they should now start to ease approaching this area."