M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 lane 3 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 lane 3 closure
- Start time
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours 50 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 3:50 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 4:18 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 4:50 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 lane 3 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.611564, -0.731484
- Latitude span
- 51.607000 – 51.614715
- Longitude span
- -0.757708 – -0.706048
- Bounding box centre
- 51.610858, -0.731878
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
23 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 976 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C25C0F84-5D47-44F9-9188-AABE95730AAF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 847 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
31 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- 1,234 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {C56D6C52-AED0-4CF4-8BB7-0E05B028A253}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 256 m
- To Distance
- 1,002 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 94
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 94
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 3:50 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 4:18 AM
- Coordinate source
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M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
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Expected clear 5 Aug 2026, 22:59
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M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
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M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
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Starts in 9 hours 35 minutes
Starts 4 Aug 2026, 20:00
Expected clear 5 Aug 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
Category: Road Maintenance
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