Both carriageways are currently blocked
'A large number of cows have wandered close to the road', National Highways said. Both sides of the motorway are currently blocked between junction 19 for Heywood and junction 20 for Rochdale.A tweet posted by National Highways said: "Traffic has been STOPPED in both directions on the #M62 in #GreaterManchester between J19 and J20 to allow for Police and our Traffic Officers to deal with a large number of cows which have wandered closed to the road.
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