M5 northbound Jct 21 to Jct 20 lane closure 158/4-156/0

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M5 northbound Jct 21 to Jct 20 lane closure 158/4-156/0

Start time
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:12 PM
Expected end
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
2 hours 3 minutes 1 second
Road
M5 – M5 Northbound Between J21 And J20
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:13 PM
Last updated
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:43 PM
Cleared
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 9:15 PM
  • Latest update: M5 northbound Jct 21 to Jct 20 lane closure 158/4-156/0
Coordinates
51.417154, -2.849355
Latitude span
51.408974 – 51.425370
Longitude span
-2.852580 – -2.844374
Bounding box centre
51.417172, -2.848477
Location descriptions
  • M5 northbound between J21 and J20
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:12 PM
Overall feed end
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 48 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

15 coordinate pairs
Description
M5 northbound between J21 and J20
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M5
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{8AC49049-1D7A-4B51-8F49-73CB09DC8CC1}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,262 m
To Distance
2,486 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.408974 -2.85258
51.409698 -2.852478
51.410166 -2.852396
51.410887 -2.85227
51.411274 -2.852191
51.411517 -2.852131
51.412526 -2.851883
51.41376 -2.851503
51.414238 -2.851325
51.415167 -2.850969
51.415411 -2.850858
51.416926 -2.850167
51.417558 -2.849834
51.418895 -2.849039
51.419635 -2.848548

Segment 2

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M5 northbound between J21 and J20
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M5
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{9621140C-72F2-4C9F-88EC-F4F888C9D136}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
679 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.419635 -2.848548
51.41988 -2.848381
51.420964 -2.847582
51.422314 -2.846614
51.422393 -2.846558
51.424119 -2.845281
51.425195 -2.84451

Segment 3

2 coordinate pairs
Description
M5 northbound between J21 and J20
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M5
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{3AB0C0CA-3660-48C3-B3F9-909EFFF3A547}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
21 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.425195 -2.84451
51.42537 -2.844374
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
24
First coordinate pair
-2.852580, 51.408974
Road section segments
1
Road section points
24
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
2
Record created
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:13 PM
Record versioned
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:43 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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