M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 closure
- Start time
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 9:15 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 12:38 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 4:46 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.646836, -0.891089
- Latitude span
- 51.634243 – 51.657676
- Longitude span
- -0.902864 – -0.879136
- Bounding box centre
- 51.645960, -0.891000
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 9:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- 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
27 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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 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
- 45 m
- To Distance
- 1,543 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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
- {EE050663-D30B-48AE-ADD6-D2A2C032A2F8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 134 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.635152 -0.880427 51.634723 -0.879845 51.634243 -0.879136
Segment 3
26 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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
- {E75B78CB-F062-46D2-B271-697BD423A51A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,494 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 56
- First coordinate pair
- -0.902864, 51.657676
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 56
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 12:38 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 4:46 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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