Hard shoulder closure southbound
PlannedHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 2:00 PM
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Road
- M5 – M5 Southbound Between J4 And J4A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 2:00 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 11:30 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 2:00 PM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.360099, -2.067864
- Latitude span
- 52.354326 – 52.368528
- Longitude span
- -2.069813 – -2.063035
- Bounding box centre
- 52.361427, -2.066424
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 2:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 6 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
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4450B71B-CE99-417D-BB54-FD339F03D63B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 209 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.359597 -2.069156 52.358653 -2.069466 52.357753 -2.069755
Segment 2
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {45DC0CF6-8AA6-4A27-9B69-41AA0E7A9B10}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 563 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8C9C7484-7518-476B-BCEF-CC52AEC9C20B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 338 m
- To Distance
- 690 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.368528 -2.063035 52.368446 -2.063235 52.36823 -2.06372 52.368014 -2.06416 52.367699 -2.064703 52.367501 -2.065026 52.36715 -2.065525 52.367061 -2.065642 52.3668 -2.06595 52.366233 -2.066537
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {45DC0CF6-8AA6-4A27-9B69-41AA0E7A9B10}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 563 m
- To Distance
- 762 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.361351 -2.068619 52.35984 -2.069083 52.359597 -2.069156
Segment 5
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7C350ECA-B9D3-4DAB-BA33-BDFB261E4819}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 119 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {6831392C-B296-4F31-BAA9-38C25BD3E75C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 358 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 57
- First coordinate pair
- -2.069156, 52.359597
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 57
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 2:00 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 11:30 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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