A5 southbound Abbey Hill to Portway lane closure (MP 79/3 to 77/8)
ClearedA5 southbound Abbey Hill to Portway lane closure (MP 79/3 to 77/8)
- Start time
- Wed, Nov 12, 2025 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Nov 13, 2025 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- A5 – A5 Southbound Within The A422 Junction
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Wed, Nov 5, 2025 5:47 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Nov 12, 2025 8:04 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Nov 13, 2025 6:00 AM
- Latest update: A5 southbound Abbey Hill to Portway lane closure (MP 79/3 to 77/8)
- Coordinates
- 52.044705, -0.796067
- Latitude span
- 52.040982 – 52.047533
- Longitude span
- -0.805752 – -0.787174
- Bounding box centre
- 52.044258, -0.796463
- Location descriptions
-
- A5 southbound within the A422 junction
- A5 southbound between A422 and A509
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Nov 12, 2025 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Nov 13, 2025 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A422 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B984042B-2B52-486C-9DDB-81E848EA7410}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 187 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.047533 -0.805752 52.047524 -0.805685 52.046979 -0.803188 52.046977 -0.803177
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A422 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {65891F37-A244-48D2-9F4D-EBA5197317C7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 327 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.046977 -0.803177 52.046892 -0.802785 52.046516 -0.801191 52.046199 -0.799892 52.046131 -0.799612 52.045999 -0.798974 52.045951 -0.798698
Segment 3
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound between A422 and A509
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {82DD27CA-DE08-4EF1-B194-CCAFC35697A6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 936 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.045951 -0.798698 52.045917 -0.798575 52.045916 -0.79857 52.045876 -0.798438 52.045468 -0.797136 52.04544 -0.797049 52.044901 -0.795402 52.044329 -0.793901 52.043885 -0.792761 52.0436 -0.792083 52.042837 -0.7905 52.042691 -0.790212 52.042442 -0.789723 52.042002 -0.788904 52.041563 -0.788114 52.041267 -0.787626 52.041197 -0.787511
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound between A422 and A509
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D9DFD4AF-C2E1-42C3-ABC0-64FE4E53130F}
- 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
52.041197 -0.787511 52.040982 -0.787174
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 30
- First coordinate pair
- -0.805752, 52.047533
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 30
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Nov 5, 2025 5:47 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Nov 12, 2025 8:04 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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