M61 southbound jct 8 entry slip road lane 1 closure
ClearedM61 southbound jct 8 entry slip road lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M61 – M61 J8 Southbound Access
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 2:06 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 3:46 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 southbound jct 8 entry slip road lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 53.668055, -2.622096
- Latitude span
- 53.665004 – 53.670114
- Longitude span
- -2.623855 – -2.618431
- Bounding box centre
- 53.667559, -2.621143
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 J8 southbound access
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 J8 southbound access
- 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
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {50E52852-F62C-42FF-BDEB-1E1FB38C37AD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 7 m
- To Distance
- 379 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.670114 -2.623782 53.670031 -2.623798 53.669833 -2.623855 53.669716 -2.623823 53.6696 -2.623776 53.669058 -2.623315 53.668431 -2.622765 53.667822 -2.622183 53.667643 -2.622002 53.667135 -2.621476
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5EE8766C-0C3B-4C58-B347-38AB4C90C7E9}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 310 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.667135 -2.621476 53.665892 -2.619709 53.665355 -2.618946 53.665004 -2.618431
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 14
- First coordinate pair
- -2.623782, 53.670114
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 14
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 2:06 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 3:46 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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