M56 Eastbound Jct 12 exit slip road Lane 1 closure
ClearedM56 Eastbound Jct 12 exit slip road Lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 3 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- M56 – M56 Westbound Between J12 And J14
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Westbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 1:55 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 10:34 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 11:00 PM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound Jct 12 exit slip road Lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 53.310806, -2.703541
- Latitude span
- 53.309428 – 53.311467
- Longitude span
- -2.708721 – -2.700898
- Bounding box centre
- 53.310448, -2.704810
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 westbound between J12 and J14
- M56 J12 westbound access
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 westbound between J12 and J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0732DC6D-B998-4AE4-8385-3401DDB7D2B6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 248 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.310959 -2.705108 53.310682 -2.705809 53.310677 -2.705824 53.31023 -2.706852 53.310002 -2.707388 53.309774 -2.707955 53.30968 -2.708165
Segment 2
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J12 westbound access
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B0ECA822-7899-47A6-9D8C-CF1CB3B03EEC}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 6 m
- To Distance
- 361 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 westbound between J12 and J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B7E42B18-D358-43E3-A258-706AA67A113D}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 46 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.30968 -2.708165 53.309528 -2.708506 53.309428 -2.708721
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 westbound between J12 and J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9866203E-5394-4D30-BF02-6E96F6E4A864}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 11 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.311012 -2.704956 53.310959 -2.705108
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 westbound between J12 and J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4115DAD1-1560-416F-B61F-EEEC5F987C99}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 8 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.31106 -2.704854 53.311012 -2.704956
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 43
- First coordinate pair
- -2.705108, 53.310959
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 43
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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
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 1:55 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 10:34 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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