Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure southbound

Cleared

Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure southbound

Start time
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 7:50 PM
Expected end
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
7 hours 55 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M42 – M42 J4 Southbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
1 of 1 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 8:04 PM
Last updated
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 3:28 AM
Cleared
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 3:45 AM
  • Latest update: Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure southbound
Coordinates
52.375229, -1.789172
Latitude span
52.370495 – 52.378861
Longitude span
-1.792785 – -1.786183
Bounding box centre
52.374678, -1.789484
Location descriptions
  • M42 J4 southbound access
  • M42 southbound between J4 and J3A
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 7:50 PM
Overall feed end
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 10 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

12 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 J4 southbound access
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
1 operational lane
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M42
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D12D2DCD-3189-48B3-86F8-7D8591CB34E8}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
16 m
To Distance
253 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.378861 -1.786183
52.378853 -1.786217
52.378782 -1.786408
52.378764 -1.786452
52.378719 -1.786526
52.378674 -1.7866
52.378629 -1.786644
52.378504 -1.786777
52.37827 -1.786998
52.377929 -1.787308
52.377534 -1.787648
52.377086 -1.788018

Segment 2

2 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 J4 southbound access
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
1 operational lane
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M42
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{4F1D0EE5-9DC3-4902-9921-3038282098F6}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
127 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.377086 -1.788018
52.376053 -1.788816

Segment 3

17 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 southbound between J4 and J3A
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M42
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{04516B1C-69E6-4046-8A5B-D1DD6A66D101}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
676 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.376053 -1.788816
52.37573 -1.789023
52.375298 -1.789277
52.374697 -1.78963
52.374643 -1.78966
52.373449 -1.79037
52.373107 -1.790578
52.372874 -1.790755
52.372664 -1.7909
52.37238 -1.791095
52.371895 -1.791465
52.371734 -1.791598
52.371267 -1.792026
52.370908 -1.792365
52.370639 -1.792631
52.370523 -1.792754
52.370495 -1.792785
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
31
First coordinate pair
-1.786183, 52.378861
Road section segments
1
Road section points
31
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
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
3
Record created
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 8:04 PM
Record versioned
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 3:28 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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