M3 northbound hard shoulder closure (67/2 to 63/3)
ClearedM3 northbound hard shoulder closure (67/2 to 63/3)
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 3:00 PM
- Duration
- 5 hours 25 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M3 – M3 Eastbound Between J5 And J4A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 11:41 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 12:25 PM
- Latest update: M3 northbound hard shoulder closure (67/2 to 63/3)
- Coordinates
- 51.281306, -0.925255
- Latitude span
- 51.273023 – 51.288780
- Longitude span
- -0.953282 – -0.904316
- Bounding box centre
- 51.280902, -0.928799
- Location descriptions
-
- M3 eastbound between J5 and J4A
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 3:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M3 eastbound between J5 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M3
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4004BF40-D542-47D9-BA8C-EB19BBEA3F31}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 174 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.288414 -0.906754 51.28878 -0.904316
Segment 2
24 coordinate pairs- Description
- M3 eastbound between J5 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M3
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5B1030E9-E664-476B-BD76-C82035086BEC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,520 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
25 coordinate pairs- Description
- M3 eastbound between J5 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M3
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C3E5BE2C-F50A-4D8E-8E23-BB38A17CF742}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 54 m
- To Distance
- 1,876 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M3 eastbound between J5 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M3
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9CDEAD6D-2B36-4D35-B1FA-BD8D8007F2CA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 384 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 63
- First coordinate pair
- -0.906754, 51.288414
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 63
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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
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 11:41 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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