M40 Southbound Jct 2 to Jct 1a hard shoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 2 to Jct 1a hard shoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure
- Start time
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 4:02 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 4:48 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 2 to Jct 1a hard shoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.612929, -0.797413
- Latitude span
- 51.610283 – 51.618648
- Longitude span
- -0.811181 – -0.788662
- Bounding box centre
- 51.614466, -0.799922
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- 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
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {7DF9A3E4-9B33-406C-B04A-16E7311924EA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 629 m
- To Distance
- 1,885 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.618648 -0.811181 51.618554 -0.810961 51.617559 -0.808655 51.616711 -0.806655 51.61498 -0.802628 51.614551 -0.801628 51.613764 -0.799795 51.613447 -0.799057 51.613092 -0.798229 51.612585 -0.797073 51.612237 -0.796249 51.612235 -0.796244
Segment 2
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {C370B932-2801-4D20-B076-A1386A9280DF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 572 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 26
- First coordinate pair
- -0.811181, 51.618648
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 26
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
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 4:02 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 4:48 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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