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Delays have cleared around the QEII bridge after a vehicle broke down.
The area affected stretched from the M25 clockwise between J31 for West Thurrock and J1A for Crossways Boulevard at Dartford.
Congestion stretched back on the Essex site on the A13 to the Ferry Lane Interchange and on the M25 to J27 for the M11.
All lanes have reopened, and the earlier delays have now cleared.
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