A38 northbound Branston between the entry and exit slip carriageway closure

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A38 northbound Branston between the entry and exit slip carriageway closure

Start time
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:11 PM
Expected end
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
2 hours 39 minutes 2 seconds
Road
A38 – A38 Northbound Within The A5121 Near Burton Upon Trent (South) Junction
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:11 PM
Last updated
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:19 PM
Cleared
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:50 PM
  • Latest update: A38 northbound Branston between the entry and exit slip carriageway closure
Coordinates
52.788478, -1.675169
Latitude span
52.784557 – 52.792961
Longitude span
-1.677558 – -1.672171
Bounding box centre
52.788759, -1.674865
Location descriptions
  • A38 northbound within the A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south) junction
  • A38 northbound between A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south) and A5121 near Burton upon Trent (north)
  • A38 northbound between B5016 and A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south)
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:11 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
8 hours 49 minutes
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

7 coordinate pairs
Description
A38 northbound within the A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south) junction
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A38
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{34301720-D53D-4EF5-BE33-E7FA6433A577}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
254 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.789285 -1.674931
52.789366 -1.674886
52.789815 -1.67463
52.790219 -1.67439
52.79064 -1.674105
52.791187 -1.673701
52.791412 -1.673565

Segment 2

6 coordinate pairs
Description
A38 northbound between A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south) and A5121 near Burton upon Trent (north)
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
A38
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{A67832A4-6F00-44AC-88E7-D58EDF5AC638}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
196 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.791412 -1.673565
52.79143 -1.67355
52.792273 -1.672847
52.792658 -1.672474
52.792883 -1.672249
52.792961 -1.672171

Segment 3

5 coordinate pairs
Description
A38 northbound within the A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south) junction
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A38
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{C874CAF4-873F-4C8F-90B1-4A10B4AD2D6F}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
117 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.788271 -1.675413
52.78845 -1.675337
52.788702 -1.675217
52.788764 -1.675187
52.789285 -1.674931

Segment 4

9 coordinate pairs
Description
A38 northbound between B5016 and A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south)
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A38
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{AADC5B8A-D3B4-445D-91E8-94283BC74B04}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
159 m
To Distance
336 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.784557 -1.677558
52.784761 -1.677366
52.785012 -1.677142
52.78529 -1.676917
52.785434 -1.676798
52.785766 -1.676588
52.78592 -1.676498
52.785972 -1.676468
52.785998 -1.676461

Segment 5

5 coordinate pairs
Description
A38 northbound within the A5121 near Burton upon Trent (south) junction
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A38
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{B07C8732-E15B-4DC0-81CC-B1DD0DCDA92C}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
262 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.785998 -1.676461
52.786152 -1.676333
52.786275 -1.676273
52.786861 -1.675987
52.788271 -1.675413
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
32
First coordinate pair
-1.674931, 52.789285
Road section segments
1
Road section points
32
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed region label
Burton upon Trent
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
3
Record created
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:11 PM
Record versioned
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:19 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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