M40 Southbound Jct 2 entry slip road closure

Cleared

M40 Southbound Jct 2 entry slip road closure

Start time
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:00 PM
Expected end
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
45 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M40 – M40 J2 Southbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 9:14 AM
Last updated
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:23 PM
Cleared
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:45 PM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 2 entry slip road closure
Coordinates
51.592839, -0.621549
Latitude span
51.591173 – 51.594695
Longitude span
-0.626300 – -0.616639
Bounding box centre
51.592934, -0.621470
Location descriptions
  • M40 J2 southbound access
  • M40 southbound between J2 and J1A
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:00 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours
Probability code (raw)
probable
Compliance option (raw)
mandatory
Source identification (raw)
roadworks
Management type value
carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
Contra-flow flag (raw)
false
Width restriction flag (raw)
false
Height restriction flag (raw)
false
Weight restriction flag (raw)
false

Segment 1

12 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 J2 southbound access
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{28E2B1EA-2B1C-4B33-A23D-1058FF24484A}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
21 m
To Distance
434 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.594695 -0.6263
51.594615 -0.626239
51.594533 -0.62614
51.594478 -0.626055
51.594404 -0.625899
51.593946 -0.62444
51.593835 -0.624126
51.593088 -0.622517
51.593032 -0.622389
51.592874 -0.621961
51.592781 -0.621718
51.592634 -0.621405

Segment 2

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J2 and J1A
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
5 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{875BE831-F8B6-48ED-A93E-E31959A664F3}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
363 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.592634 -0.621405
51.592624 -0.621362
51.591774 -0.61863
51.591718 -0.618459
51.591212 -0.616756
51.591191 -0.616699

Segment 3

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J2 and J1A
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
5 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{16524750-4191-49F0-81E2-2781BC2BE10D}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
4 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.591191 -0.616699
51.59119 -0.616697
51.591173 -0.616639
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
21
First coordinate pair
-0.626300, 51.594695
Road section segments
1
Road section points
21
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Roadworks
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 9:14 AM
Record versioned
Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:23 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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