M3 northbound hard shoulder closure (76/1 to 75/5)
ClearedM3 northbound hard shoulder closure (76/1 to 75/5)
- Start time
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 25 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M3 – M3 Eastbound Within J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Mon, Jan 26, 2026 10:01 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 9:44 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 10:25 PM
- Latest update: M3 northbound hard shoulder closure (76/1 to 75/5)
- Coordinates
- 51.255310, -1.071221
- Latitude span
- 51.253488 – 51.256667
- Longitude span
- -1.075242 – -1.068249
- Bounding box centre
- 51.255078, -1.071746
- Location descriptions
-
- M3 eastbound within J6
- M3 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M3 eastbound within J6
- 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
- {E6BC5CF7-4636-44D8-9B01-32742AA43FF4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 163 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.255793 -1.070141 51.255899 -1.069924 51.256527 -1.068554 51.256667 -1.068249
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M3 eastbound between J7 and J6
- 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
- {81F635D7-CBD2-4F17-85B0-CCBBA783339E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 292 m
- To Distance
- 731 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.253488 -1.075242 51.2543 -1.073452 51.254494 -1.073004 51.25483 -1.072281 51.255793 -1.070141
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 9
- First coordinate pair
- -1.070141, 51.255793
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 9
View geometry JSON
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51.256527
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51.256667
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51.253488
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51.254494
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View road section coordinates
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[
-1.070141,
51.255793
],
[
-1.069924,
51.255899
],
[
-1.068554,
51.256527
],
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51.256667
],
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51.253488
],
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-1.073452,
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51.254494
],
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51.25483
],
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]
]
]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Jan 26, 2026 10:01 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 9:44 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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