M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4, hardshoulder closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4, hardshoulder closure
- Start time
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 10:45 AM
- Expected end
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 2 days 3 hours 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 11:51 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 1:06 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 1:45 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4, hardshoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.651309, -0.894195
- Latitude span
- 51.646190 – 51.655606
- Longitude span
- -0.898609 – -0.890343
- Bounding box centre
- 51.650898, -0.894476
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 10:45 AM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 2 days 12 hours 14 minutes
- 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E75B78CB-F062-46D2-B271-697BD423A51A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 82 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.646876 -0.89079 51.646795 -0.890734 51.646668 -0.89065 51.64619 -0.890343
Segment 2
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AE5B4FBB-47CA-4893-8984-491ECE9622A2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 419 m
- To Distance
- 1,543 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.655606 -0.898609 51.655499 -0.898429 51.655107 -0.897831 51.654879 -0.89749 51.654779 -0.897333 51.654314 -0.896708 51.653877 -0.896141 51.653123 -0.895277 51.652823 -0.894952 51.652079 -0.894248 51.651983 -0.894163 51.651517 -0.893755 51.650837 -0.893223 51.650114 -0.892734 51.648989 -0.892068 51.648567 -0.891818 51.646876 -0.89079
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -0.890790, 51.646876
- 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
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 11:51 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 1:06 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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