M56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 52/1 to 47/0)
ClearedM56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 52/1 to 47/0)
- Start time
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 15 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Within J14
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:24 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 9:51 PM
- Cleared
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 10:15 PM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 52/1 to 47/0)
- Coordinates
- 53.274920, -2.782465
- Latitude span
- 53.263727 – 53.289429
- Longitude span
- -2.813048 – -2.748971
- Bounding box centre
- 53.276578, -2.781010
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound within J14
- M56 eastbound between J15 and J14
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Aug 2, 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {DDB32DF2-373E-4A61-8AC6-11E455BA0456}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 316 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.265034 -2.808625 53.26533 -2.807611 53.265439 -2.807238 53.266276 -2.804435 53.266295 -2.804376
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J15 and J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {DA5C0806-0285-4544-B743-B693BF54B194}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 366 m
- To Distance
- 695 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.263727 -2.813048 53.263912 -2.812412 53.264068 -2.81192 53.264326 -2.81104 53.264804 -2.80943 53.265034 -2.808625
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {556DF9DB-AFCD-4C42-AF41-532032F2F7CC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 114 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.266295 -2.804376 53.266515 -2.80366 53.266763 -2.802855
Segment 4
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {F5D59AB2-8157-4223-9D5E-D1572BBF6655}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,106 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.268368 -2.798177 53.268386 -2.798147 53.268754 -2.79718 53.268907 -2.796778 53.269045 -2.796435 53.269163 -2.796138 53.269346 -2.795646 53.269502 -2.795259 53.26963 -2.794947 53.270051 -2.79383 53.270316 -2.79316 53.270818 -2.792 53.271403 -2.790601 53.272014 -2.789278 53.272278 -2.788668 53.272543 -2.788058 53.273602 -2.785603 53.274028 -2.784538
Segment 5
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {0528CFEE-E9F5-4B38-AB8A-F9694F7AA076}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 359 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.266763 -2.802855 53.267048 -2.801976 53.267778 -2.79986 53.267809 -2.799771 53.268368 -2.798177
Segment 6
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {FF4FE219-DD0E-422E-AC8A-6C46492BA23D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,086 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.277945 -2.773654 53.27817 -2.773014 53.27849 -2.772135 53.278929 -2.770943 53.279313 -2.769945 53.279551 -2.769335 53.279998 -2.768263 53.280509 -2.767087 53.280591 -2.766903 53.280704 -2.76665 53.280833 -2.766358 53.281038 -2.765897 53.281375 -2.765198 53.282186 -2.763518 53.282923 -2.762091 53.283497 -2.760946 53.284189 -2.759548 53.284799 -2.758374 53.285126 -2.757735 53.285327 -2.757324 53.285554 -2.756858 53.286037 -2.755891 53.286966 -2.754012 53.287293 -2.753348 53.287603 -2.752709 53.287986 -2.751921 53.288195 -2.751489 53.28916 -2.749526 53.289429 -2.748971
Segment 7
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {5EB0F81E-AB72-44CE-9FF2-4A81A879E4E4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 846 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 75
- First coordinate pair
- -2.808625, 53.265034
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 75
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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
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:24 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 9:51 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Started 3 Aug 2026, 20:00
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M56 Eastbound to A50 Northbound link road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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