M6 Southbound Jct 40 Exit slip road lane 1 closure

Planned

M6 Southbound Jct 40 Exit slip road lane 1 closure

Start time
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 6:00 PM
Expected end
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
11 hours
Road
M6 – M6 J40 Southbound Exit
Category
Construction Work
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Road Improvement Or Upgrading
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Sep 22, 2026 10:14 AM
Last updated
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 12:32 AM
Cleared
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 40 Exit slip road lane 1 closure
Coordinates
54.654863, -2.762671
Latitude span
54.653837 – 54.656567
Longitude span
-2.765795 – -2.760306
Bounding box centre
54.655202, -2.763051
Location descriptions
  • M6 J40 southbound exit
  • M6 southbound between J41 and J40
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 6:00 PM
Overall feed end
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
11 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
M6 J40 southbound exit
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
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{80EA472D-B136-42FC-8EB2-05917D107A0D}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
247 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.655416 -2.764005
54.655159 -2.763458
54.654929 -2.762942
54.654716 -2.762519
54.654485 -2.76205
54.654026 -2.761016

Segment 2

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J40 southbound exit
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
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D7922174-0E03-40F3-B748-A97AA8FF7FCB}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
51 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.654026 -2.761016
54.653971 -2.760894
54.653944 -2.760831
54.65389 -2.76064
54.65385 -2.760434
54.653837 -2.760306

Segment 3

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J41 and J40
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{B2C968C1-7AD0-4F8C-A45D-69F07995C621}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
879 m
To Distance
1,052 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.656567 -2.765795
54.656396 -2.76554
54.656053 -2.765018
54.655995 -2.76493
54.655416 -2.764005
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
17
First coordinate pair
-2.764005, 54.655416
Road section segments
1
Road section points
17
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Construction Work
Detailed cause
Road Improvement Or Upgrading
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
2
Record created
Tue, Sep 22, 2026 10:14 AM
Record versioned
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 12:32 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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