M1 southbound Jct 38 to Jct 37 Lane 2 and 3 closure (280/9 - 279/8)

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M1 southbound Jct 38 to Jct 37 Lane 2 and 3 closure (280/9 - 279/8)

Start time
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 8:00 PM
Expected end
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
4 hours 2 seconds
Road
M1 – M1 Southbound Between J38 And J37
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 7:37 PM
Last updated
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 11:24 PM
Cleared
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 12:00 AM
  • Latest update: M1 southbound Jct 38 to Jct 37 Lane 2 and 3 closure (280/9 - 279/8)
Coordinates
53.570219, -1.540559
Latitude span
53.565476 – 53.575298
Longitude span
-1.541086 – -1.539291
Bounding box centre
53.570387, -1.540189
Location descriptions
  • M1 southbound between J38 and J37
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 8:00 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Oct 2, 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

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M1 southbound between J38 and J37
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
M1
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{12A01F19-52F5-40E2-84DE-632C2BA29C72}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
273 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.567826 -1.540465
53.567739 -1.540439
53.567273 -1.540248
53.56665 -1.539974
53.566335 -1.539809
53.566153 -1.539711
53.565476 -1.539291

Segment 2

19 coordinate pairs
Description
M1 southbound between J38 and J37
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
M1
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{FA1435F1-44FC-44B6-8E01-2969B30ABA42}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
532 m
To Distance
1,371 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.575298 -1.540272
53.575283 -1.540278
53.574666 -1.540501
53.574645 -1.540508
53.573905 -1.540744
53.573651 -1.54081
53.572741 -1.540978
53.572162 -1.541058
53.571669 -1.541086
53.571452 -1.541075
53.571174 -1.541073
53.57051 -1.54106
53.569659 -1.540949
53.569263 -1.540885
53.568943 -1.540816
53.568649 -1.540728
53.568374 -1.54066
53.568371 -1.540659
53.567826 -1.540465
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
26
First coordinate pair
-1.540465, 53.567826
Road section segments
1
Road section points
26
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
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 7:37 PM
Record versioned
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 11:24 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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