Hard shoulder closure southbound
ClearedHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 4:00 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 8:00 PM
- Duration
- 15 hours 15 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J16 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Thu, Sep 3, 2026 10:23 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 6:57 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 7:15 PM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.305819, -1.701199
- Latitude span
- 52.303063 – 52.308636
- Longitude span
- -1.706415 – -1.696632
- Bounding box centre
- 52.305850, -1.701524
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 4:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 8:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 16 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 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
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {20C46F79-FCA4-41F0-9F26-BAED2F5444E4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,279 m
- To Distance
- 1,353 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.308636 -1.706415 52.308296 -1.705767 52.308202 -1.705579
Segment 2
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 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
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A9903519-5A55-4032-AE5E-A2C91E53CD42}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 838 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.308202 -1.705579 52.307917 -1.705022 52.307275 -1.703721 52.306327 -1.701821 52.305505 -1.700315 52.305405 -1.70014 52.304936 -1.699366 52.304485 -1.698665 52.30425 -1.6983 52.303808 -1.697672 52.303555 -1.697322 52.303239 -1.69687 52.303063 -1.696632
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 16
- First coordinate pair
- -1.706415, 52.308636
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 16
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
- Thu, Sep 3, 2026 10:23 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 6:57 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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