A12 southbound Old Ipswich Road entry slip road closure

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A12 southbound Old Ipswich Road entry slip road closure

Start time
Thu, May 21, 2026 10:00 PM
Expected end
Fri, May 22, 2026 1:00 AM
Duration
3 hours
Road
A12 – A12 Access From An Unclassified Unnamed Road
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, May 21, 2026 10:14 PM
Last updated
Thu, May 21, 2026 11:33 PM
Cleared
Fri, May 22, 2026 1:00 AM
  • Latest update: A12 southbound Old Ipswich Road entry slip road closure
Coordinates
51.924434, 0.937091
Latitude span
51.923293 – 51.925412
Longitude span
0.935607 – 0.938922
Bounding box centre
51.924353, 0.937265
Location descriptions
  • A12 access from an unclassified unnamed road
  • A12 southbound exit for A120 near Colchester (east)
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, May 21, 2026 10:00 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, May 22, 2026 1:00 AM
Feed window length
3 hours
Probability code (raw)
certain
Compliance option (raw)
mandatory
Source identification (raw)
roadworks
Management type value
carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
Contra-flow flag (raw)
false
Width restriction flag (raw)
false
Height restriction flag (raw)
false
Weight restriction flag (raw)
false

Segment 1

13 coordinate pairs
Description
A12 access from an unclassified unnamed road
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A12
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{AA2D189D-A767-5DAB-DA16-03BE79C5320A}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
3 m
To Distance
276 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.925412 0.938922
51.925363 0.938807
51.925318 0.938696
51.925209 0.938426
51.92499 0.93791
51.924835 0.937571
51.924769 0.937453
51.924633 0.937208
51.924472 0.936938
51.924288 0.936668
51.924113 0.936441
51.923965 0.936268
51.923779 0.936001

Segment 2

4 coordinate pairs
Description
A12 southbound exit for A120 near Colchester (east)
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A12
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{8BF66F31-99BE-46BB-9293-099FF2D2B641}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
60 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.923779 0.936001
51.923647 0.935879
51.923506 0.935754
51.923293 0.935607
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
17
First coordinate pair
0.938922, 51.925412
Road section segments
1
Road section points
17
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed region label
an unclassified unnamed road
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, May 21, 2026 10:14 PM
Record versioned
Thu, May 21, 2026 11:33 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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