M40 Northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5, hardshoulder closure
ClearedM40 Northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5, hardshoulder closure
- Start time
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 7 hours 45 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Northbound Between J4 And J5
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Feb 4, 2026 8:29 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 1:03 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 1:45 PM
- Latest update: M40 Northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5, hardshoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.626921, -0.857748
- Latitude span
- 51.626818 – 51.627126
- Longitude span
- -0.861431 – -0.853313
- Bounding box centre
- 51.626972, -0.857372
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 northbound between J4 and J5
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 2 days 16 hours 59 minutes
- 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 northbound between J4 and J5
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {338E33DA-1F16-4798-94AF-7173ACB1CD4E}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 475 m
- To Distance
- 876 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.626982 -0.853313 51.626922 -0.854105 51.62686 -0.855089 51.62683 -0.855755 51.626818 -0.856304 51.626831 -0.857719 51.626887 -0.858845 51.626899 -0.85909
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 northbound between J4 and J5
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D215546D-B0DD-460E-881C-476FE018B4C6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 164 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.626899 -0.85909 51.626919 -0.859335 51.62698 -0.860099 51.627021 -0.860546 51.627126 -0.861431
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 13
- First coordinate pair
- -0.853313, 51.626982
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 13
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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
- 2
- Record created
- Wed, Feb 4, 2026 8:29 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 1:03 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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