A303 Eastbound Sparkford to Mere lane closure
ClearedA303 Eastbound Sparkford to Mere lane closure
- Start time
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 55 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- A303 – A303 Eastbound Between A359 Near Yeovil (West) And A359 Near Yeovil (East)
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 2 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 12:39 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:21 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:55 PM
- Latest update: A303 Eastbound Sparkford to Mere lane closure
- Coordinates
- 51.037514, -2.561393
- Latitude span
- 51.036823 – 51.037716
- Longitude span
- -2.565834 – -2.556258
- Bounding box centre
- 51.037270, -2.561046
- Location descriptions
-
- A303 eastbound between A359 near Yeovil (west) and A359 near Yeovil (east)
- A303 eastbound between A359 near Yeovil (east) and A371
- A303 eastbound within the A359 near Yeovil (east) junction
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 28, 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A303 eastbound between A359 near Yeovil (west) and A359 near Yeovil (east)
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- A303
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A9F42074-2627-4877-A811-540E76E17DA7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 278 m
- To Distance
- 498 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.036823 -2.565834 51.036851 -2.565746 51.03707 -2.56495 51.037236 -2.564225 51.037365 -2.56357 51.037393 -2.56338 51.037467 -2.562872
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A303 eastbound between A359 near Yeovil (east) and A371
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A303
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D7D4106D-4C52-46EC-8156-F1EB10B8E663}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 253 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.037715 -2.559866 51.037716 -2.559638 51.037701 -2.55911 51.037693 -2.558839 51.03766 -2.558254 51.037618 -2.557611 51.037534 -2.556258
Segment 3
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A303 eastbound between A359 near Yeovil (west) and A359 near Yeovil (east)
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A303
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B685AD61-45E8-4477-8F68-71C16DF9B722}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 149 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.037523 -2.562445 51.037616 -2.561762 51.037645 -2.561434 51.037702 -2.560793 51.037712 -2.560593 51.037713 -2.560394 51.037713 -2.560337
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- A303 eastbound between A359 near Yeovil (west) and A359 near Yeovil (east)
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- A303
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E4B8E176-4109-4CE7-8CB1-637385B51124}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 30 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.037467 -2.562872 51.037486 -2.562773 51.037523 -2.562445
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A303 eastbound within the A359 near Yeovil (east) junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A303
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {78DAD204-4823-429B-835F-25FC7A7BC375}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 33 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.037713 -2.560337 51.037715 -2.559866
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 26
- First coordinate pair
- -2.565834, 51.036823
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 26
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed region label
- Yeovil
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 12:39 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:21 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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