Hard shoulder closure southbound
PlannedHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- M5 – M5 Southbound Between J7 And J8
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 3:06 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 2:06 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.057795, -2.143026
- Latitude span
- 52.056312 – 52.058911
- Longitude span
- -2.144614 – -2.141111
- Bounding box centre
- 52.057612, -2.142863
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 southbound between J7 and J8
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J7 and J8
- 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
- {A3D1CE4F-F00F-4EE8-A04D-576E30BF2422}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 347 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.058725 -2.144311 52.058671 -2.144223 52.058303 -2.143653 52.057819 -2.142952 52.057226 -2.142177 52.056777 -2.141621 52.056481 -2.141285 52.056312 -2.141111
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J7 and J8
- 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
- {99F4D464-8C9A-441A-9689-D748570E3AAA}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 129 m
- To Distance
- 158 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.058911 -2.144614 52.058725 -2.144311
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 10
- First coordinate pair
- -2.144311, 52.058725
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 10
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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 6, 2026 3:06 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 2:06 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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