M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M42 right now, but 2 roadworks are currently in force.

Live M42 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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M42 roadworks in force now

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Active Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Northbound Between J3A And J4

Expected to clear in 4 months 4 weeks

Started 14 Jul 2026, 01:30 Expected clear 31 Dec 2026, 06:00

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Category: Road Maintenance

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M6 - M42 link road lane closure southbound

Active Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · Link Road From M6 J4A Southbound To M42 J8 Southbound

Expected to clear in 2 days 1 hour

Started 6 Jul 2026, 04:00 Expected clear 3 Aug 2026, 04:00

M6 - M42 link road lane closure southbound

Category: Construction Work

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M42 closures planned this week

Lanes closures southbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Southbound Between J7 And J6

Starts in 17 hours 49 minutes

Starts 1 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 2 Aug 2026, 03:00

Lanes closures southbound

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M42

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