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M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M42 right now, but 3 roadworks are currently in force.

Live M42 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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M42 roadworks in force now

M5 southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound link carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways
Bromsgrove M42 · Link Road From M5 J4A Southbound To M42 Northbound

Expected to clear in 28 minutes 24 seconds

Started 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00

M5 southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound link carriageway closure

Category: Road Maintenance
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Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Active Roadworks National Highways
Solihull M42 · M42 Northbound Between J3A And J4

Expected to clear in 2 months 2 weeks

Started 14 Jul 2026, 01:30 Expected clear 31 Dec 2026, 06:00

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Category: Road Maintenance
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Hardshoulder closure northbound

Active Roadworks National Highways
Solihull M42 · M42 Northbound Within J6

Expected to clear in 2 months 3 weeks

Started 19 May 2026, 04:46 Expected clear 4 Jan 2027, 06:00

Hardshoulder closure northbound

Category: Road Maintenance
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M42 closures planned this week

Lane 2 closure northbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways
Birmingham North East M42 · M42 Northbound Between J10 And J11

Starts in 15 hours 28 minutes

Starts 13 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 14 Oct 2026, 05:00

Lane 2 closure northbound

Category: Road Maintenance
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Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure northbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways
Bromsgrove M42 · M42 Northbound Between J1 And J2

Starts in 15 hours 28 minutes

Starts 13 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 14 Oct 2026, 05:00

Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure northbound

Category: Road Maintenance
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Lanes closures southbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways
Solihull M42 · M42 Southbound Between J7 And J6

Starts in 15 hours 28 minutes

Starts 13 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 14 Oct 2026, 03:00

Lanes closures southbound

Category: Road Maintenance
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Recently cleared on the M42

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