M61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 27/6 to 25/3)
ClearedM61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 27/6 to 25/3)
- Start time
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:29 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 3 hours 31 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between J8 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 11:19 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 11:50 PM
- Cleared
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 12:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 27/6 to 25/3)
- Coordinates
- 53.661782, -2.615746
- Latitude span
- 53.652580 – 53.670426
- Longitude span
- -2.624967 – -2.609262
- Bounding box centre
- 53.661503, -2.617115
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- M61 southbound within J8
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 8:29 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 31 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
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {625BBA98-F539-4F0A-8CEB-4AD7F35A6123}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 15 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.652713 -2.60932 53.65258 -2.609262
Segment 2
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {93C433C3-2151-4395-8D12-9F46924E8BE8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,066 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.664008 -2.616974 53.663803 -2.616668 53.662233 -2.614338 53.66163 -2.613511 53.661434 -2.613276 53.661231 -2.613011 53.660574 -2.612406 53.660538 -2.612376 53.660055 -2.611945 53.659506 -2.61155 53.658978 -2.611181 53.658386 -2.610915 53.657839 -2.61068 53.657578 -2.610605 53.657228 -2.610505 53.65695 -2.61044 53.655657 -2.610222 53.655598 -2.610206
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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
- 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
- 457 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 53.664303 -2.617402 53.664008 -2.616974
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J8
- 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
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0DCF6F9E-9C44-4F0A-9D26-8F75E545628D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 49 m
- To Distance
- 119 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.670426 -2.624967 53.670045 -2.624661 53.669857 -2.624506
Segment 5
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {88C93934-CCDC-421F-8CB1-22503E29918E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 326 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J8
- 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
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B31F2F9C-DB16-44D4-A4EF-A64269F8F443}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 363 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 45
- First coordinate pair
- -2.609320, 53.652713
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 45
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 11:19 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 11:50 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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