Emergency services are on Whitby's New Bridge and main roads around the town are blocked.
Major roads connecting the bridge area into the town centre are gridlocked.
Church Street is blocked and there are long delays from the Industrial Estate on Stainsacre Lane.
Prospect Hill and Mayfield Road which link Whitby to the A169 Pickering Road and to the A171 to Ruswarp are affected.
Roads are now back moving as normal and no casualties have been reported.
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More smaller accommodation providers on the Yorkshire Coast could close for the winter unless the national VAT threshold according to local councillors.
Calls for major railway investments to reconnect Whitby and Pickering are growing as the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire brings a draft transport plan to the coast on Wednesday.
People living and working in Eastfield are being urged to attend a drop-in session on Thursday 8th October to help shape how a £3.2 million grant and future regeneration funds will be spent in the rapidly expanding town.
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