M5 southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound link carriageway closure
ClearedM5 southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound link carriageway closure
- Start time
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 4 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- M5 – M5 Southbound Between J4 And J4A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Jun 12, 2026 4:20 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 11:38 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 12:00 AM
- Latest update: M5 southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound link carriageway closure
- Coordinates
- 52.355740, -2.066136
- Latitude span
- 52.354214 – 52.361351
- Longitude span
- -2.069813 – -2.055773
- Bounding box centre
- 52.357783, -2.062793
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4450B71B-CE99-417D-BB54-FD339F03D63B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 209 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.359597 -2.069156 52.358653 -2.069466 52.357753 -2.069755
Segment 2
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {6831392C-B296-4F31-BAA9-38C25BD3E75C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 358 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.357753 -2.069755 52.357457 -2.069799 52.357304 -2.069809 52.357232 -2.069813 52.357096 -2.069813 52.356854 -2.069813 52.356531 -2.069768 52.356297 -2.069694 52.356144 -2.069635 52.355992 -2.069547 52.355839 -2.069459 52.355695 -2.069356 52.355686 -2.069348 52.35556 -2.069238 52.355497 -2.069164 52.355309 -2.068959 52.355156 -2.068768 52.355057 -2.068621 52.354886 -2.068312 52.354833 -2.068209
Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {85BC7A82-498B-4211-85FB-C9F5BDE0B715}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 66 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354431 -2.063304 52.354656 -2.062394
Segment 4
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {028AB3BB-377A-4B45-956B-04A123BB6A2D}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 471 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354656 -2.062394 52.355061 -2.060618 52.35517 -2.060149 52.355332 -2.059385 52.355377 -2.059165 52.355584 -2.057961 52.355692 -2.057242 52.355751 -2.056772 52.355801 -2.056376 52.35586 -2.055773
Segment 5
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7C350ECA-B9D3-4DAB-BA33-BDFB261E4819}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 352 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354833 -2.068209 52.354779 -2.068106 52.354653 -2.067812 52.354527 -2.067489 52.3545 -2.067386 52.354438 -2.067195 52.354384 -2.06696 52.354294 -2.06652 52.354258 -2.066211 52.354232 -2.065962 52.354223 -2.065771 52.354214 -2.065609 52.354214 -2.065404 52.354223 -2.06514 52.354241 -2.064787 52.354304 -2.064215 52.35435 -2.063877 52.354431 -2.063304
Segment 6
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {45DC0CF6-8AA6-4A27-9B69-41AA0E7A9B10}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 563 m
- To Distance
- 762 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.361351 -2.068619 52.35984 -2.069083 52.359597 -2.069156
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 56
- First coordinate pair
- -2.069156, 52.359597
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 56
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Fri, Jun 12, 2026 4:20 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 11:38 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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