Dartford Crossing closure: Two people climb up QE2 Bridge

Police person closed a large roadworthy linking Essex and Kent aft a study that 2 radical climbed up the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

Officers said they received a study astatine 03:50 BST connected Monday that the brace had climbed up the bridge.

Essex Police said: "It does mean that we person had to adjacent the span to traffic, but a diversion is going to beryllium enactment successful spot done the tunnel.

"This is apt to origin delays passim this morning."

The unit said the incidental "may instrumentality immoderate clip to resoluteness owed to the complexities of safely getting radical down from height".

National Highways East wrote connected Twitter that determination were "60 infinitesimal delays with 3 miles of congestion connected the approach".

The 1.7m-long (2.8km) span takes postulation southbound connected the A282, which connects the M25 London Orbital Motorway successful Essex and Kent.