Three lanes were closed on the M6 in Lancashire after a car and trailer overturned.
Only one lane remained open soutbound near the motorway's junction with the M61 at junction 30 at around 10pm on Tuesday.
Police said the motorway was fully open again by 10.40pm.
No-one were thought to be injured.
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