M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 22/6 to 21/6)
ClearedM61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 22/6 to 21/6)
- Start time
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 5 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between J8 And J6
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Construction Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jun 17, 2026 3:15 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 11:50 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 12:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 22/6 to 21/6)
- Coordinates
- 53.627867, -2.586939
- Latitude span
- 53.623155 – 53.631433
- Longitude span
- -2.589680 – -2.584942
- Bounding box centre
- 53.627294, -2.587311
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
15 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
- {3B120C5C-1C61-4771-BA80-7CCD3A3A9DAD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 411 m
- To Distance
- 1,064 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.631433 -2.58968 53.63133 -2.58955 53.630865 -2.589045 53.63065 -2.588815 53.630096 -2.588263 53.629899 -2.588079 53.629559 -2.587772 53.629503 -2.587725 53.629022 -2.587326 53.628726 -2.58711 53.628207 -2.58674 53.627902 -2.586554 53.627221 -2.586151 53.626584 -2.58584 53.626118 -2.585637
Segment 2
6 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
- {00BFACAE-5970-4D99-953C-0C201B5BAA2A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 333 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.626118 -2.585637 53.625678 -2.58548 53.624789 -2.585211 53.62434 -2.585114 53.624017 -2.585049 53.623155 -2.584942
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -2.589680, 53.631433
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 21
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Construction Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 25
- Record created
- Wed, Jun 17, 2026 3:15 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Jul 27, 2026 11:50 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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