M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
- Start time
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 40 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sun, Jun 28, 2026 11:05 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 4:21 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 4:40 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
- Coordinates
- 51.607170, -0.707131
- Latitude span
- 51.603552 – 51.610836
- Longitude span
- -0.722633 – -0.694846
- Bounding box centre
- 51.607194, -0.708740
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {22056D7E-069F-402E-AF8A-324043E452B7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 29 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.603571 -0.695265 51.603552 -0.694846
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3C0A2FD9-5AA3-4A24-9F09-2BD275B51D79}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 941 m
- To Distance
- 976 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.61072 -0.722633 51.61076 -0.722123
Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {92F0AC42-5993-458F-BAE9-62ECEB8BE432}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 81 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.603616 -0.696433 51.603594 -0.696001 51.603579 -0.69551 51.603571 -0.695265
Segment 4
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4D7FCF92-50DA-4054-B926-7E575561BBC4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 347 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.604915 -0.702418 51.604804 -0.702147 51.604674 -0.701818 51.604479 -0.701246 51.60418 -0.700244 51.604123 -0.7 51.604086 -0.699842 51.603963 -0.699297 51.603915 -0.699038 51.603828 -0.698507 51.60374 -0.697816
Segment 5
39 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AFF1A8DA-CCFC-423A-9F50-362025013A08}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,577 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {6BACD5B7-A90A-4796-9F13-4AC19CBE973A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 96 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.60374 -0.697816 51.603669 -0.697139 51.603638 -0.696765 51.603616 -0.696433
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 62
- First coordinate pair
- -0.695265, 51.603571
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 62
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Sun, Jun 28, 2026 11:05 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 4:21 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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