M3 northbound hardshoulder closure (79/4 to 78/4)
ClearedM3 northbound hardshoulder closure (79/4 to 78/4)
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:19 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 3:00 PM
- Duration
- 4 hours 26 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M3 – M3 Eastbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:19 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 12:05 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 12:45 PM
- Latest update: M3 northbound hardshoulder closure (79/4 to 78/4)
- Coordinates
- 51.238389, -1.108201
- Latitude span
- 51.236019 – 51.241473
- Longitude span
- -1.113151 – -1.101612
- Bounding box centre
- 51.238746, -1.107382
- Location descriptions
-
- M3 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:19 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 3:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 6 hours 41 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
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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M3
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {83D060E5-12FB-4851-BC71-2E843691600E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 671 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.23788 -1.109336 51.239437 -1.106069 51.239588 -1.105751 51.241233 -1.102137 51.241473 -1.101612
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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M3
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5A2483EF-EB1B-4C0D-B769-199B2FFD5F3A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 469 m
- To Distance
- 807 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.236019 -1.113151 51.236534 -1.112069 51.236808 -1.111505 51.237038 -1.111043 51.23788 -1.109336
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 10
- First coordinate pair
- -1.109336, 51.237880
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 10
View geometry JSON
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-1.109336,
51.23788
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51.239437
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51.239588
],
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-1.102137,
51.241233
],
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-1.101612,
51.241473
],
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51.236019
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View road section coordinates
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[
[
-1.109336,
51.23788
],
[
-1.106069,
51.239437
],
[
-1.105751,
51.239588
],
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-1.102137,
51.241233
],
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-1.101612,
51.241473
],
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-1.113151,
51.236019
],
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-1.112069,
51.236534
],
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51.236808
],
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-1.111043,
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],
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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
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:19 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 12:05 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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