Hard shoulder closure southbound
ClearedHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 2:00 PM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J16 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 1:03 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 1:48 PM
- Cleared
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 2:00 PM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.987366, -2.254193
- Latitude span
- 52.984214 – 52.990712
- Longitude span
- -2.268070 – -2.245144
- Bounding box centre
- 52.987463, -2.256607
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 2:00 PM
- 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
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {88873A54-F1A3-4E54-ACB9-ACF40E80DDF9}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 431 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.989586 -2.262783 52.989515 -2.26247 52.988999 -2.259964 52.988554 -2.25792 52.988349 -2.256921 52.988305 -2.256712
Segment 2
19 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1E6A755F-5360-4181-A22B-8327C819B4A0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 905 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.988305 -2.256712 52.988055 -2.255593 52.987859 -2.254758 52.987842 -2.254684 52.987628 -2.253848 52.987566 -2.253639 52.987172 -2.252311 52.986922 -2.251565 52.986708 -2.250953 52.986645 -2.250774 52.986341 -2.24998 52.986297 -2.249863 52.986046 -2.249251 52.985644 -2.24831 52.985143 -2.24722 52.984731 -2.246329 52.98457 -2.24598 52.984409 -2.245622 52.984214 -2.245144
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3C009F4D-013C-4595-B709-E082F3B2F119}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,050 m
- To Distance
- 1,427 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.990712 -2.26807 52.990538 -2.267243 52.989586 -2.262783
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 28
- First coordinate pair
- -2.262783, 52.989586
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 28
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 1:03 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Jul 5, 2026 1:48 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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