A666 Northbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/3 - 4/5)
ClearedA666 Northbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/3 - 4/5)
- Start time
- Sun, Jul 12, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, Jul 13, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 4 hours 25 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M61 – M61 Northbound Within The A666 Junction
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sun, Jul 12, 2026 11:04 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Jul 13, 2026 12:08 AM
- Cleared
- Mon, Jul 13, 2026 12:25 AM
- Latest update: A666 Northbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/3 - 4/5)
- Coordinates
- 53.541146, -2.388797
- Latitude span
- 53.536645 – 53.545918
- Longitude span
- -2.391819 – -2.385549
- Bounding box centre
- 53.541282, -2.388684
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 northbound within the A666 junction
- M61 northbound between J2 and J3 for A666
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Jul 12, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Jul 13, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- other
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within the A666 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1C35AC9E-DD27-4C45-AF32-BFFF92F6114A}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 383 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.540244 -2.389779 53.541007 -2.388574 53.541028 -2.388535 53.541127 -2.388385 53.541425 -2.387995 53.541659 -2.387726 53.541759 -2.387606 53.542128 -2.387278 53.542408 -2.387054 53.542948 -2.386697 53.543083 -2.386622
Segment 2
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within the A666 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B97D06EB-1924-4F85-8903-65FAA6C5470C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 224 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.543803 -2.386221 53.543875 -2.386192 53.544424 -2.385955 53.544937 -2.385779 53.545171 -2.385721 53.545432 -2.385633 53.545531 -2.385603 53.545738 -2.385575 53.545783 -2.38556
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within the A666 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {78AFFAC1-4858-431A-A167-2730A01A4D48}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 78 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.539685 -2.390503 53.539718 -2.39047 53.539802 -2.390372 53.539907 -2.390245 53.540244 -2.389779
Segment 4
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within the A666 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {02B55D12-9681-4EEE-A844-B6DF61AB79EF}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 84 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.543083 -2.386622 53.543449 -2.386416 53.543686 -2.386281 53.543803 -2.386221
Segment 5
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound between J2 and J3 for A666
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F78DAB7E-D06D-468E-9D03-A3D6C98EF4F6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 45 m
- To Distance
- 400 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within the A666 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4014B967-C1F3-4667-9126-F2C8650B1761}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 15 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.545783 -2.38556 53.545918 -2.385549
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 48
- First coordinate pair
- -2.389779, 53.540244
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 48
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sun, Jul 12, 2026 11:04 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Jul 13, 2026 12:08 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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