M4 eastbound Jct 19 to Jct 18 lane 3&2 leading to hardshoulder running (179/7 to 172/9)
ClearedM4 eastbound Jct 19 to Jct 18 lane 3&2 leading to hardshoulder running (179/7 to 172/9)
- Start time
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 6:53 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 32 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M4 – M4 Eastbound Between J19 And J18
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 6:53 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 4:05 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 4:25 AM
- Latest update: M4 eastbound Jct 19 to Jct 18 lane 3&2 leading to hardshoulder running (179/7 to 172/9)
- Coordinates
- 51.501965, -2.456028
- Latitude span
- 51.497875 – 51.506542
- Longitude span
- -2.494489 – -2.399252
- Bounding box centre
- 51.502209, -2.446871
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 eastbound between J19 and J18
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 6:53 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours 7 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4FC55118-21B8-4C2A-8C78-DCFC2676C5E1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 236 m
- To Distance
- 549 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.505797 -2.494489 51.505947 -2.49363 51.506003 -2.493227 51.506077 -2.492695 51.506188 -2.491889 51.506263 -2.49127 51.506376 -2.490076
Segment 2
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D220B0D0-30D4-43FF-9FDC-24DE0B352023}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 941 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AE403C52-5D62-47F7-9FDF-592C93083448}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,200 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
23 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {ECE92394-6379-4B07-B9E8-82CA83CEA3C5}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,101 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
23 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C3679DF2-03F3-4CA4-BB4D-FDC094D96E6A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,215 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 79
- First coordinate pair
- -2.494489, 51.505797
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 79
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 6:53 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 4:05 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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