Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound

Cleared

Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound

Start time
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
Expected end
Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
3 hours 55 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M6 – M6 Southbound Between J2 And J1
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Other
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
Last updated
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 11:27 PM
Cleared
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 11:55 PM
  • Latest update: Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound
Coordinates
52.417162, -1.290758
Latitude span
52.414308 – 52.421180
Longitude span
-1.303115 – -1.280852
Bounding box centre
52.417744, -1.291984
Location descriptions
  • M6 southbound between J2 and J1
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Jul 24, 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

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J2 and J1
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{26DC7C85-8127-47A3-A7A2-C6585042ED9E}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
245 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.415177 -1.284174
52.415034 -1.28365
52.414693 -1.282392
52.414491 -1.281557
52.414343 -1.281
52.414308 -1.280852

Segment 2

20 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J2 and J1
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
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{C868569C-558B-419C-9BEB-0BF5872E930E}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
1,150 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.419813 -1.299286
52.419655 -1.298856
52.419103 -1.297129
52.418852 -1.296339
52.418635 -1.295767
52.418532 -1.295495
52.41837 -1.295042
52.418222 -1.29456
52.417773 -1.293133
52.417504 -1.292276
52.417413 -1.291978
52.41726 -1.291484
52.416709 -1.28964
52.416449 -1.288694
52.416142 -1.287601
52.415859 -1.286616
52.415797 -1.286441
52.415512 -1.285407
52.415231 -1.284368
52.415177 -1.284174

Segment 3

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J2 and J1
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
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{00FEB3E5-2C0E-434E-8B0A-B4E0A6C53BC9}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
474 m
To Distance
776 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.42118 -1.303115
52.420644 -1.301675
52.419813 -1.299286
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
29
First coordinate pair
-1.284174, 52.415177
Road section segments
1
Road section points
29
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Other
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
Record versioned
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 11:27 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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