M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8, lane 3 closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8, lane 3 closure.
- Start time
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 9:15 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J9 And J8A
- 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
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 3:03 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 3:32 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8, lane 3 closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.816265, -1.104513
- Latitude span
- 51.798159 – 51.830928
- Longitude span
- -1.119180 – -1.089745
- Bounding box centre
- 51.814544, -1.104463
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 9:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 6 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
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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
- {0278D843-0751-4C8A-9B92-0FA614CA3C67}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 514 m
- To Distance
- 1,906 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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
- {069BAF9D-3E86-48F3-905E-504DE543D400}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,355 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.809613 -1.099939 51.80906 -1.099327 51.808879 -1.09914 51.808743 -1.098999 51.808063 -1.098302 51.807719 -1.097976 51.807067 -1.097379 51.806135 -1.096571 51.805447 -1.095976 51.803157 -1.094014 51.802523 -1.093471 51.802056 -1.093071 51.801329 -1.092447 51.800894 -1.092077 51.799536 -1.09092 51.799434 -1.090832 51.798964 -1.090431 51.798961 -1.090428
Segment 3
28 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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
- {92EAB42B-7911-4907-ADB7-CAC1B5FBBCF9}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,401 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.821319 -1.106903 51.820904 -1.106679 51.820371 -1.106428 51.819848 -1.106206 51.81919 -1.105944 51.819163 -1.105932 51.818414 -1.105625 51.818187 -1.105543 51.816412 -1.104896 51.815276 -1.104498 51.814843 -1.104318 51.814537 -1.104164 51.814473 -1.104133 51.814085 -1.103941 51.813643 -1.103674 51.813354 -1.103491 51.813019 -1.103266 51.812676 -1.103012 51.81254 -1.102913 51.812214 -1.102644 51.811734 -1.102218 51.811544 -1.102048 51.811146 -1.10165 51.810738 -1.101223 51.810493 -1.100936 51.81042 -1.100852 51.809749 -1.100082 51.809613 -1.099939
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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
- {D55AFE99-A0B4-4777-BC0E-1CC877C9BBEF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 100 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 77
- First coordinate pair
- -1.119180, 51.830928
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 77
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 3:03 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 3:32 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
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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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M40 · M40 Southbound Between J11 And J10
Starts in 1 hour 10 minutes
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Expected clear 5 Aug 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
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