M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure (Mp 446/4 - 441/9)
ClearedM6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure (Mp 446/4 - 441/9)
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 9:45 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 7:00 PM
- Duration
- 6 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J40 And J39
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 9:47 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:27 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:45 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure (Mp 446/4 - 441/9)
- Coordinates
- 54.531602, -2.659111
- Latitude span
- 54.513781 – 54.552397
- Longitude span
- -2.669152 – -2.652095
- Bounding box centre
- 54.533089, -2.660624
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 9:45 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 7:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 21 hours 15 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {7A78982B-C6CC-4CAF-B7D8-BE9086415E4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 106 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.514704 -2.652538 54.514149 -2.652251 54.513781 -2.652095
Segment 2
28 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {E41DAF05-1656-4B93-A615-D00AD0E975B4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,819 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {5C4C9BF3-E0A0-4A39-B902-71AE36EE97B8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 576 m
- To Distance
- 1,046 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.552397 -2.669152 54.551966 -2.668748 54.550204 -2.667127 54.548684 -2.665711
Segment 4
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {44D06FB2-D374-4D2E-9FF4-8C3A53C5014E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,128 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 64
- First coordinate pair
- -2.652538, 54.514704
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 64
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 9:47 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:27 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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