A ROAD closed after a lorry crashed into the Rose and Crown pub in Edgworth has re-opened.

Bury Road was hut to traffic between Bolton Road to just past the pub.

A truck carrying an asphalt-laying machine rolled into the front of the building at around 1pm on May 21.

Part of the front wall of the pub collapsed when the vehicle was recovered.

The section of the road had been completely closed to traffic, with a six- mile diversion through Bromley Cross in place.

It has now been reopen to single file traffic with traffic lights in place.