M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road hard shoulder and lane 1 closure

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M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road hard shoulder and lane 1 closure

Start time
Fri, Sep 25, 2026 7:52 PM
Expected end
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
4 hours 38 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M56 – Link Road From M56 J9 Eastbound To A50
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Eastbound
Lanes affected
1 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Fri, Sep 25, 2026 8:14 PM
Last updated
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 12:12 AM
Cleared
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 12:30 AM
  • Latest update: M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
Coordinates
53.353020, -2.508329
Latitude span
53.351835 – 53.354081
Longitude span
-2.510100 – -2.507321
Bounding box centre
53.352958, -2.508711
Location descriptions
  • link road from M56 J9 eastbound to A50
  • link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound/A50
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Fri, Sep 25, 2026 7:52 PM
Overall feed end
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 8 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

6 coordinate pairs
Description
link road from M56 J9 eastbound to A50
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
{5713C98C-D790-43E3-8C76-40367B4D3437}
Linear Element Type
Other
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
71 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.353457 -2.507556
53.353574 -2.507497
53.353844 -2.50738
53.353961 -2.507352
53.354069 -2.507323
53.354081 -2.507321

Segment 2

12 coordinate pairs
Description
link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound/A50
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
{B8B569FE-1B09-4B3B-8C1A-2CDE583FFF56}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
12 m
To Distance
261 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.351835 -2.5101
53.351884 -2.510024
53.351935 -2.509951
53.351973 -2.509897
53.35229 -2.5093
53.352567 -2.508792
53.352779 -2.508404
53.352996 -2.508076
53.353069 -2.507972
53.353213 -2.507793
53.353367 -2.50763
53.353457 -2.507556
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
18
First coordinate pair
-2.507556, 53.353457
Road section segments
1
Road section points
18
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
Fri, Sep 25, 2026 8:14 PM
Record versioned
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 12:12 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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