M55 Eastbound Jct 1 carriageway closure (SB traffic to go up and over the slips and NB traffic sent North on A6)

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M55 Eastbound Jct 1 carriageway closure (SB traffic to go up and over the slips and NB traffic sent North on A6)

Start time
Thu, Sep 17, 2026 9:24 PM
Expected end
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
5 hours 6 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M55 – M55 Eastbound Within J1
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Eastbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Sep 17, 2026 9:24 PM
Last updated
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 2:13 AM
Cleared
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 2:30 AM
  • Latest update: M55 Eastbound Jct 1 carriageway closure (SB traffic to go up and over the slips and NB traffic sent North on A6)
Coordinates
53.801690, -2.713860
Latitude span
53.800466 – 53.803530
Longitude span
-2.720123 – -2.709267
Bounding box centre
53.801998, -2.714695
Location descriptions
  • M55 eastbound within J1
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, Sep 17, 2026 9:24 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours 36 minutes
Probability code (raw)
certain
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

17 coordinate pairs
Description
M55 eastbound within J1
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
East Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
M55
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{00A69240-EBA9-4458-8744-B95DA3BB25E7}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
430 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.801011 -2.716127
53.801142 -2.715385
53.801188 -2.715082
53.801218 -2.714938
53.801272 -2.714674
53.801373 -2.71422
53.801418 -2.714023
53.801429 -2.713978
53.801539 -2.7136
53.801686 -2.713086
53.801823 -2.712664
53.802061 -2.712
53.80231 -2.711398
53.802354 -2.711306
53.802546 -2.710903
53.802738 -2.71052
53.802803 -2.710409

Segment 2

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M55 eastbound within J1
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
East Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End1
Linear Element Road
M55
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{A888B002-A9D8-4162-A28A-12D002FC6909}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
110 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.802803 -2.710409
53.80298 -2.710056
53.80353 -2.709267

Segment 3

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M55 eastbound within J1
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
East Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M55
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D079BB2C-03BA-4900-93E2-083825C6FF56}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
145 m
To Distance
332 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.800466 -2.720123
53.800673 -2.718596
53.800833 -2.717354

Segment 4

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M55 eastbound within J1
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
East Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
M55
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{C21CEF21-9E32-42B4-862E-2A79ED5AC657}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
83 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.800833 -2.717354
53.800909 -2.716748
53.801011 -2.716127
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
26
First coordinate pair
-2.716127, 53.801011
Road section segments
1
Road section points
26
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Roadworks
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
3
Record created
Thu, Sep 17, 2026 9:24 PM
Record versioned
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 2:13 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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