All lanes on the Auckland Harbour Bridge have reopened after a crash around midday forced the closure of three of the four northbound lanes.
A collision between a truck and a motorcycle created a 20 kilometre backlog of traffic on the Southern Motorway heading toward the bridge, police said.
They said two motorcycles and a heavy truck were involved in the crash on the northbound lanes of the bridge and both motorcyclists were in a critical condition.
Traffic was also backed up about 10 kilometres on the Northwestern Motorway heading westbound.
The Transport Agency said it would take some time for the backlog to clear.
Update: #Crash on Auckland Harbour Bridge, please avoid area, detour north or long delays SH16 ^LCa pic.twitter.com/9w1TyLtZzu
— NZTA Akld & Nthlnd (@NZTAAkl) December 5, 2014
