M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/9 to 267/8)
ClearedM6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/9 to 267/8)
- Start time
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:49 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 4 hours 41 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J17 And J16
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected, 2 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:49 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 1:15 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 1:30 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/9 to 267/8)
- Coordinates
- 53.141518, -2.338666
- Latitude span
- 53.126330 – 53.152402
- Longitude span
- -2.345542 – -2.335361
- Bounding box centre
- 53.139366, -2.340452
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16
- M6 southbound within J17
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:49 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 11 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {95BE87C7-DDD7-47E0-9003-5C4690E3A5D6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 5 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.141485 -2.337081 53.141436 -2.337059
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {CA07BC37-E26F-433C-B7D5-0C3E8431EC4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 637 m
- To Distance
- 756 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.142517 -2.337505 53.142185 -2.337341 53.14196 -2.337265 53.141485 -2.337081
Segment 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {CA07BC37-E26F-433C-B7D5-0C3E8431EC4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 634 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.147856 -2.340929 53.146932 -2.340174 53.145676 -2.339252 53.144949 -2.338813 53.144258 -2.338404 53.143801 -2.338146 53.14311 -2.337797 53.142542 -2.337517
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {14AFAE6A-BCF6-4C81-B40B-BA36C1CEB824}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 91 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.127155 -2.335405 53.12633 -2.335361
Segment 5
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {191FF593-DE00-4EB5-B597-8F918ABD99A3}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 377 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.150778 -2.343778 53.150644 -2.343613 53.150375 -2.343312 53.150321 -2.343251 53.15016 -2.343086 53.149523 -2.342437 53.149111 -2.342031 53.148582 -2.341578 53.148017 -2.34105 53.147856 -2.340929
Segment 6
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {64E44D73-22A9-4861-9F86-1172BBD1B050}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 449 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.141436 -2.337059 53.14056 -2.336775 53.139375 -2.336445 53.139338 -2.336437 53.138655 -2.336282 53.137441 -2.336073
Segment 7
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {20E27471-0A2A-4F9D-8288-F2CCDDD6378E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 125 m
- To Distance
- 341 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.152402 -2.345542 53.1524 -2.34554 53.152248 -2.345375 53.151118 -2.344155 53.150778 -2.343778
Segment 8
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {09821579-8D76-43D9-AE2E-3D51F2C0CD26}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 283 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.137441 -2.336073 53.13702 -2.336 53.136697 -2.335968 53.13622 -2.335949 53.135906 -2.335932 53.13551 -2.335899 53.135115 -2.335896 53.134899 -2.335879
Segment 9
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {57856204-5C90-479D-8CBC-98045A76C02C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 862 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.134899 -2.335879 53.133614 -2.335809 53.132203 -2.335724 53.130549 -2.335621 53.129192 -2.335521 53.127709 -2.335434 53.127155 -2.335405
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 52
- First coordinate pair
- -2.337081, 53.141485
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 52
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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
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:49 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 1:15 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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