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A40 westbound Elmbridge Court to M5 Jct 11 carriageway closure

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A40 westbound Elmbridge Court to M5 Jct 11 carriageway closure

Start time
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 8:44 PM
Expected end
Sat, Mar 28, 2026 6:00 AM
Duration
9 hours 16 minutes
Road
A40 – A40 Westbound Within The A417 Junction Near Gloucester (North)
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Westbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Road Marking Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 8:44 PM
Last updated
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 11:44 PM
Cleared
Sat, Mar 28, 2026 6:00 AM
  • Latest update: A40 westbound Elmbridge Court to M5 Jct 11 carriageway closure
Coordinates
51.879014, -2.200444
Latitude span
51.878919 – 51.879200
Longitude span
-2.201202 – -2.199575
Bounding box centre
51.879060, -2.200389
Location descriptions
  • A40 westbound within the A417 junction near Gloucester (north)
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 8:44 PM
Overall feed end
Sat, Mar 28, 2026 6:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 16 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

3 coordinate pairs
Description
A40 westbound within the A417 junction near Gloucester (north)
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
West Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D51D0130-93BA-40A3-B3FB-FD14BC1DE872}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
4 m
To Distance
24 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
51.879093 -2.200971
51.879142 -2.201087
51.8792 -2.201202

Segment 2

8 coordinate pairs
Description
A40 westbound within the A417 junction near Gloucester (north)
Carriageway
Single Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 operational lanes
Direction On Section
West Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
A40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{7A9D0017-9E54-487E-91D2-4498D86896BB}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
4 m
To Distance
92 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
51.878958 -2.199575
51.878946 -2.19964
51.878928 -2.199841
51.878919 -2.200066
51.878936 -2.200348
51.878971 -2.20056
51.879022 -2.20077
51.879039 -2.20082
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
11
First coordinate pair
-2.200971, 51.879093
Road section segments
1
Road section points
11
View geometry JSON 
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                -2.200971,
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            ],
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            ],
            [
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                51.8792
            ],
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                51.878958
            ],
            [
                -2.19964,
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            ],
            [
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                51.878928
            ],
            [
                -2.200066,
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            ],
            [
                -2.200348,
                51.878936
            ],
            [
                -2.20056,
                51.878971
            ],
            [
                -2.20077,
                51.879022
            ],
            [
                -2.20082,
                51.879039
            ]
        ]
    ]
}
View road section coordinates 
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    [
        [
            -2.200971,
            51.879093
        ],
        [
            -2.201087,
            51.879142
        ],
        [
            -2.201202,
            51.8792
        ],
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            51.878958
        ],
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            51.878946
        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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            -2.20056,
            51.878971
        ],
        [
            -2.20077,
            51.879022
        ],
        [
            -2.20082,
            51.879039
        ]
    ]
]
Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Road Marking Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed region label
Gloucester
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
2
Record created
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 8:44 PM
Record versioned
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 11:44 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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