Long stretches of queues have built up around the city centre and particularly on Kirkstall Road as work to remove the Gelderd Road footbridge at Armley Gyratory is carried out.
Roads around the site have been shut as well while the works on bridge – which is now 50-years-old and has a narrow 1.8m wide footway – are undertaken.
A weekend of partial closures have been in place since Friday evening and remain so until 5.30am on Monday, meaning that drivers are likely to face disruption on Sunday too.
The A58 Wellington Road south east exit and Ingram Distributer south bound on Armley Gyratory will be closed during these hours with Leeds City Council mapping out a near 18-mile diversion.
Below are some pictures taken by our photographer today of the “absolute chaos”.
1. Traffic chaos
Residents have complained of the traffic being 'absolute chaos' in Leeds on Saturday Photo: National World
2. Gridlocked
Wellington Street was gridlocked as a result of the roadworks at Armley Gyratory. Photo: Steve Riding
3. Footbridge
The Gelderd Road footbridge being taken down and waiting to go. Photo: Steve Riding
4. 18-mile diversion
Diversions stretching nearly 18 miles are in place as roadworks take place on a key Leeds junction Photo: Steve Riding
5. Roads shut
Roads around the Armley Gyratory have shut this weekend as work to remove the Gelderd Road footbridge, which is now 50-years-old and has a narrow 1.8m wide footway, take place. Photo: Steve Riding
6. Weekend of closures
To complete the work, there is a weekend of partial closures that started at 8pm on Friday and last until 5.30am on January 15. Photo: steve riding