M56 eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 14/1 to 13/6)
ClearedM56 eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 14/1 to 13/6)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 35 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J6 And J5
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 12:09 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 10:11 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 10:35 PM
- Latest update: M56 eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 14/1 to 13/6)
- Coordinates
- 53.363970, -2.295646
- Latitude span
- 53.363133 – 53.366652
- Longitude span
- -2.296075 – -2.294365
- Bounding box centre
- 53.364893, -2.295220
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J6 and J5
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J6 and J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F504F814-1FD5-408D-9B3C-4F9415BF5DBE}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 17 m
- To Distance
- 20 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.363133 -2.296075 53.363135 -2.296074 53.363141 -2.296073 53.363142 -2.296072 53.363146 -2.29607 53.363163 -2.296057
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J6 and J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8930B27F-62F8-4FA5-BD74-F7FC6BC62220}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.363163 -2.296057 53.363179 -2.296044
Segment 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J6 and J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8626F35C-0C30-4EF5-89A2-C2BD0980E2B5}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 402 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.363179 -2.296044 53.363194 -2.296033 53.363699 -2.295706 53.364302 -2.295409 53.364923 -2.295113 53.36602 -2.29464 53.366344 -2.294507 53.366652 -2.294365
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 16
- First coordinate pair
- -2.296075, 53.363133
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 16
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 12:09 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 10:11 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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