M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 16/6 to 15/5)
ClearedM61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 16/6 to 15/5)
- Start time
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 1 second
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Within J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Fri, Jul 3, 2026 8:07 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 5:52 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 16/6 to 15/5)
- Coordinates
- 53.578614, -2.550884
- Latitude span
- 53.574928 – 53.583574
- Longitude span
- -2.555859 – -2.546167
- Bounding box centre
- 53.579251, -2.551013
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound within J6
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Jul 23, 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within 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
- {CAE7E958-CAB8-43FF-9617-1147192DB6D9}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 307 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.577016 -2.549197 53.57698 -2.549166 53.576828 -2.549013 53.576793 -2.548967 53.576552 -2.548632 53.576355 -2.548358 53.575837 -2.547596 53.575061 -2.546393 53.574928 -2.546167
Segment 2
13 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CCB5C35F-9460-4F2B-B631-7AE41F0202F8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 697 m
- To Distance
- 1,553 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.583574 -2.555859 53.58352 -2.555821 53.583108 -2.555529 53.582239 -2.554853 53.581568 -2.554285 53.580861 -2.553642 53.580163 -2.552968 53.579483 -2.552265 53.578812 -2.551516 53.577963 -2.550493 53.577633 -2.550051 53.577213 -2.549471 53.577016 -2.549197
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 22
- First coordinate pair
- -2.549197, 53.577016
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 22
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Jul 3, 2026 8:07 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 5:52 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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