M40 Southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours 45 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Within J8A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Aug 28, 2026 8:25 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:27 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:45 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.743707, -1.095823
- Latitude span
- 51.732674 – 51.760903
- Longitude span
- -1.105953 – -1.078074
- Bounding box centre
- 51.746789, -1.092014
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound within J8A
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- M40 southbound between J8A and J8
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Sep 17, 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J8A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- {80128F11-2B65-42BA-B292-0393122F38CA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 462 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.743483 -1.099009 51.742867 -1.098442 51.742686 -1.098257 51.742505 -1.098087 51.741943 -1.09749 51.741 -1.096452 51.740228 -1.09554 51.740029 -1.095283
Segment 2
16 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- {97230C1A-00BF-4E14-8292-1459280F31E6}
- 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
51.753731 -1.105601 51.752882 -1.105341 51.752107 -1.105038 51.751403 -1.104719 51.751358 -1.104697 51.750654 -1.104357 51.749281 -1.103558 51.748848 -1.103292 51.74798 -1.102744 51.747058 -1.102081 51.746127 -1.10139 51.745276 -1.100683 51.744871 -1.100329 51.744416 -1.099932 51.743755 -1.099293 51.743483 -1.099009
Segment 3
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J8A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- {A97BE01F-F06A-42F8-B5BB-0DB0ABF18291}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 421 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.740029 -1.095283 51.739856 -1.09507 51.739311 -1.094371 51.739278 -1.094328 51.738766 -1.093672 51.738494 -1.093287 51.738166 -1.092801 51.737838 -1.092271 51.737511 -1.091757 51.737201 -1.091227
Segment 4
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- {54F7A2A6-1367-4237-9188-A35EDF7706AD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 564 m
- To Distance
- 1,367 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.760903 -1.105174 51.760175 -1.105423 51.760157 -1.105429 51.759565 -1.1056 51.758964 -1.105743 51.758299 -1.105843 51.75776 -1.105882 51.75714 -1.105938 51.756394 -1.105953 51.756043 -1.105928 51.755116 -1.105862 51.754414 -1.105746 51.753731 -1.105601
Segment 5
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8A and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- {03B09D51-5271-45CE-A7BB-D345628107BC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 361 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.733856 -1.082944 51.73356 -1.081989 51.733383 -1.081268 51.733281 -1.080851 51.733033 -1.079712 51.732712 -1.078241 51.732674 -1.078074
Segment 6
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8A and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- {4D22F0A9-9BCE-4A35-915A-49CA6DBE6C44}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 686 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 68
- First coordinate pair
- -1.099009, 51.743483
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 68
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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
- 2
- Record created
- Fri, Aug 28, 2026 8:25 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:27 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 live closuresRelated incidents
Hard shoulder closure northbound
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Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound, Jct 10 to Jct 9 hard shoulder closure
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Category: Road Maintenance
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Starts in 5 hours 36 minutes
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Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00
M40 Northbound, Jct 11 entry slip road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound, Jct 11 to Jct 10 hard shoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure
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M40 · M40 Southbound Between J11 And J10
Expected to clear in 13 hours 21 minutes
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Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00
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Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 hard shoulder and lane 1 and 2 closure
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M40 · M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Starts in 4 hours 21 minutes
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Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 hard shoulder and lane 1 and 2 closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
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M40 · M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
Starts in 4 hours 21 minutes
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M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
Category: Road Maintenance
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