M23 Southbound Jct 7 to Jct 8 lane 1,2 closure
ClearedM23 Southbound Jct 7 to Jct 8 lane 1,2 closure
- Start time
- Fri, Sep 25, 2026 10:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Sep 26, 2026 4:30 AM
- Duration
- 3 hours 25 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M23 – M23 Southbound Within J8
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 4 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Fri, Sep 25, 2026 9:48 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, Sep 26, 2026 12:28 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Sep 26, 2026 1:25 AM
- Latest update: M23 Southbound Jct 7 to Jct 8 lane 1,2 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.274534, -0.145891
- Latitude span
- 51.267392 – 51.284354
- Longitude span
- -0.155139 – -0.130231
- Bounding box centre
- 51.275873, -0.142685
- Location descriptions
-
- M23 southbound within J8
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- A23 southbound between A237 and M23
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Sep 25, 2026 10:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Sep 26, 2026 4:30 AM
- Feed window length
- 6 hours 30 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End3
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {BE2C71B1-943F-4EF2-8857-8D328407F9B9}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 31 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.267607 -0.130523 51.267414 -0.130258 51.267392 -0.130231
Segment 2
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F3EBAC7C-6665-43CB-8206-0AE211E65728}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 145 m
- To Distance
- 438 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A23 southbound between A237 and M23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {20F699AF-8997-4FD9-9166-C0C1A896FFC8}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 269 m
- To Distance
- 424 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.284354 -0.155073 51.283995 -0.155125 51.283878 -0.155129 51.283636 -0.155139 51.283384 -0.155121 51.283185 -0.155071 51.282968 -0.154994
Segment 4
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F3EBAC7C-6665-43CB-8206-0AE211E65728}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 136 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
43 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {82A4D52B-CBEE-4328-88CB-B927E645157D}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,183 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {630967FC-28BB-458D-8717-77607DE1D7BA}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 94 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.268242 -0.131429 51.268159 -0.131299 51.267937 -0.130954 51.267799 -0.130773 51.267717 -0.130662 51.267607 -0.130523
Segment 7
25 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {54813350-4579-492C-9264-26345B0B4F20}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 997 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 101
- First coordinate pair
- -0.130523, 51.267607
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 101
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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
- Fri, Sep 25, 2026 9:48 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Sep 26, 2026 12:28 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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