Lane 2 and 3 closure southbound
ClearedLane 2 and 3 closure southbound
- Start time
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J16 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Sep 15, 2026 10:52 AM
- Last updated
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 11:46 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Lane 2 and 3 closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.280130, -1.659286
- Latitude span
- 52.269399 – 52.291116
- Longitude span
- -1.674419 – -1.642961
- Bounding box centre
- 52.280258, -1.658690
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- 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
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {22274BE0-D403-4DE6-B2F5-05298F49EBAA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 750 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.285323 -1.664242 52.285251 -1.664154 52.284403 -1.663325 52.283511 -1.66254 52.283016 -1.662134 52.282673 -1.661858 52.281565 -1.661016 52.281015 -1.66061 52.280682 -1.660363 52.279817 -1.659696 52.279366 -1.659333 52.279305 -1.659279
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {53A25D84-B6B0-4916-9A66-916B3FA88EF5}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,647 m
- To Distance
- 1,909 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.291116 -1.674419 52.291024 -1.674154 52.290725 -1.673335 52.290345 -1.67237 52.290001 -1.671566 52.289829 -1.671201
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {D600C512-A7A7-4BD2-9571-76BACF139BFC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 219 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.270461 -1.645674 52.269547 -1.64336 52.269399 -1.642961
Segment 4
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {75D19C9A-9AF4-466B-A874-04B455F2BA80}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 693 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {FCA5E8AE-8EBD-41FF-AC01-BFD0F520500E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 591 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
16 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {E283C7BE-06AD-4CC7-9D9D-6907743FDC4A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 777 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 66
- First coordinate pair
- -1.664242, 52.285323
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 66
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Tue, Sep 15, 2026 10:52 AM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 11:46 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
Category: Road Maintenance
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