M61 Southbound to M60 Clockwise link road hardshoulder closure
ClearedM61 Southbound to M60 Clockwise link road hardshoulder closure
- Start time
- Tue, Jul 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 20 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M61 – Link Road From M61 J1 To M60 J15 Clockwise
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 2:35 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 14, 2026 7:51 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 14, 2026 8:20 PM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound to M60 Clockwise link road hardshoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 53.526108, -2.358821
- Latitude span
- 53.524896 – 53.528811
- Longitude span
- -2.366969 – -2.351180
- Bounding box centre
- 53.526854, -2.359075
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M61 J1 to M60 J15 clockwise
- M60 clockwise between J15 and J16
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jul 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
27 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M61 J1 to M60 J15 clockwise
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- 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
- {66ECAFA6-EC45-4451-AD8C-92AB3265CD78}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 675 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M60 clockwise between J15 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 5 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- Clockwise
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M60
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9E2FAE99-C7FB-408C-94FE-0D6E0F4F1534}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 129 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.524896 -2.353136 53.524934 -2.352518 53.524941 -2.352171 53.524944 -2.352035 53.524945 -2.3519 53.524937 -2.351447 53.524938 -2.35118
Segment 3
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 5 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
- {1B14BE2B-980D-427B-950C-965AA4DB195C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 92 m
- To Distance
- 475 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 46
- First coordinate pair
- -2.362159, 53.527035
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 46
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 2:35 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 14, 2026 7:51 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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