M56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry Sharston Link Closure
ClearedM56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry Sharston Link Closure
- Start time
- Mon, Jul 6, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 4 hours 30 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M56 – M56 J2 Eastbound Access
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Wed, May 27, 2026 9:11 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 12:12 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 12:30 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry Sharston Link Closure
- Coordinates
- 53.396012, -2.252827
- Latitude span
- 53.395729 – 53.396694
- Longitude span
- -2.256302 – -2.249304
- Bounding box centre
- 53.396212, -2.252803
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 J2 eastbound access
- M56 eastbound between J2 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jul 6, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Jul 7, 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J2 eastbound access
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {67C8E53A-CB60-44F0-A937-E71E7A39B300}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 18 m
- To Distance
- 290 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.396694 -2.256302 53.396603 -2.256068 53.396527 -2.255872 53.396411 -2.255481 53.396349 -2.25524 53.396277 -2.254953 53.395979 -2.253358 53.395886 -2.252861 53.395851 -2.252725 53.395788 -2.252529
Segment 2
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J2 and 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8122B645-271D-48D5-A185-3074BB42BE2D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 215 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 19
- First coordinate pair
- -2.256302, 53.396694
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 19
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
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 5
- Record created
- Wed, May 27, 2026 9:11 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 12:12 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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