M56 eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 58/0 to 57/3)
ClearedM56 eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 58/0 to 57/3)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 6:48 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 3 hours 37 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between A494 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 6:48 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:01 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:25 PM
- Latest update: M56 eastbound lane 1 closure (MP 58/0 to 57/3)
- Coordinates
- 53.251478, -2.887385
- Latitude span
- 53.251211 – 53.251592
- Longitude span
- -2.892600 – -2.881825
- Bounding box centre
- 53.251402, -2.887213
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between A494 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 6:48 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours 12 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between A494 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CA12D19A-6CBA-4F96-815A-57D4FC7830AB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 369 m
- To Distance
- 601 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.251211 -2.8926 53.251282 -2.891759 53.251322 -2.89122 53.251342 -2.890951 53.251362 -2.890607 53.251382 -2.890397 53.251442 -2.889529 53.251454 -2.889155
Segment 2
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between A494 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CC448A88-6E2D-43C4-98C6-6E25323CD38C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 489 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -2.892600, 53.251211
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 21
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
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 6:48 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:01 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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