A40 Eastbound Highnam to Over lane 2 closure 171/2b - 170/7b
ClearedA40 Eastbound Highnam to Over lane 2 closure 171/2b - 170/7b
- Start time
- Mon, Mar 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Mar 10, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- A40 – A40 Eastbound Between A48 And A417 Near Gloucester (West)
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 2 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Thu, Mar 5, 2026 3:54 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Mar 10, 2026 5:51 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Mar 10, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: A40 Eastbound Highnam to Over lane 2 closure 171/2b - 170/7b
- Coordinates
- 51.873531, -2.276021
- Latitude span
- 51.873012 – 51.874330
- Longitude span
- -2.279170 – -2.272219
- Bounding box centre
- 51.873671, -2.275695
- Location descriptions
-
- A40 eastbound between A48 and A417 near Gloucester (west)
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Mar 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Mar 10, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- A40 eastbound between A48 and A417 near Gloucester (west)
- 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
- A40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E8669E75-94E5-48B3-82E9-C3E283B7E34F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 123 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.873735 -2.274824 51.87378 -2.274631 51.873796 -2.274551 51.873943 -2.273848 51.874102 -2.273137
Segment 2
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- A40 eastbound between A48 and A417 near Gloucester (west)
- 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
- A40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3039478D-B998-410E-824D-17D8F40BBDFD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 303 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.873025 -2.279072 51.873052 -2.278813 51.873055 -2.278786 51.873135 -2.278056 51.873219 -2.277388 51.873272 -2.277061 51.873368 -2.276477 51.873446 -2.276113 51.873564 -2.275546 51.873725 -2.274878 51.873734 -2.274828 51.873735 -2.274824
Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A40 eastbound between A48 and A417 near Gloucester (west)
- 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
- A40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {35C4D906-BC8D-4504-B050-51E182C764DB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 291 m
- To Distance
- 298 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.873012 -2.27917 51.873025 -2.279072
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A40 eastbound between A48 and A417 near Gloucester (west)
- 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
- A40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {DA1B9E73-95FC-43F3-9981-7CA0012E3CD4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 68 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.874102 -2.273137 51.87433 -2.272219
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -2.274824, 51.873735
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 21
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
- Gloucester
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Mar 5, 2026 3:54 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Mar 10, 2026 5:51 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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