Hard shoulder closure
Clearedhard shoulder closure
- Start time
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 7:13 AM
- Expected end
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 4:00 PM
- Duration
- 7 hours 47 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M4 – M4 J15 Eastbound Exit
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 7:13 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 2:32 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 3:00 PM
- Latest update: hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.528382, -1.735679
- Latitude span
- 51.527830 – 51.528995
- Longitude span
- -1.739723 – -1.731492
- Bounding box centre
- 51.528413, -1.735608
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 J15 eastbound exit
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 7:13 AM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 4:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 47 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 J15 eastbound exit
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AF55EFAC-F2A6-45C0-86FD-2719C48C9653}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 94 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.527959 -1.732834 51.52783 -1.731492
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {95FB0BED-3A9B-4CB6-9376-26106669AB7B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 735 m
- To Distance
- 1,226 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.528995 -1.739723 51.528773 -1.738303 51.52868 -1.737713 51.528571 -1.737079 51.528471 -1.736431 51.528197 -1.734703 51.527959 -1.732834
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 9
- First coordinate pair
- -1.732834, 51.527959
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 9
View geometry JSON
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-1.732834,
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51.52783
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51.528995
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51.528773
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51.52868
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51.528571
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51.528471
],
[
-1.734703,
51.528197
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View road section coordinates
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[
[
-1.732834,
51.527959
],
[
-1.731492,
51.52783
],
[
-1.739723,
51.528995
],
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-1.738303,
51.528773
],
[
-1.737713,
51.52868
],
[
-1.737079,
51.528571
],
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-1.736431,
51.528471
],
[
-1.734703,
51.528197
],
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51.527959
]
]
]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 7:13 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 2:32 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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