M56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry Sharston Link Closure
ClearedM56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry Sharston Link Closure
- Start time
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Jul 25, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 1 second
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J2 And J1
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 4:21 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:47 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 8:00 PM
- 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 eastbound between J2 and J1
- M56 J2 eastbound access
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Jul 25, 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
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
53.395788 -2.252529 53.395771 -2.252319 53.395762 -2.252093 53.395737 -2.251356 53.395729 -2.250739 53.395739 -2.250394 53.395749 -2.249988 53.395776 -2.249597 53.39581 -2.249304
Segment 2
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
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 19
- First coordinate pair
- -2.252529, 53.395788
- 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
- 12
- Record created
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 4:21 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:47 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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