Rush hour traffic was disrupted due to a traffic light failure on Broughty Ferry Road on Tuesday morning.
Greendykes Road was closed by police to prevent traffic accessing Broughty Ferry road at the broken lights.
They blocked the road at Craigie Avenue, just off the Arbroath Road.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “There is a traffic light failure at this location  which has now been reported to the appropriate agency to resolve.”
The company that fixes the lights were expected to attend around noon.
One driver said the road was completely closed with motorists not being allowed access from either end.
She added three police cars are on the scene.
“The traffic lights on Broughty Ferry Road are off so could just be traffic management for that but seems a bit extreme.”