A5 southbound Portway carriageway closure between the exit and entry slip roads
ClearedA5 southbound Portway carriageway closure between the exit and entry slip roads
- Start time
- Mon, Mar 23, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- A5 – A5 Southbound Within The A509 Junction
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Construction Work
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- First published
- Thu, Mar 5, 2026 5:40 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Mar 23, 2026 11:29 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: A5 southbound Portway carriageway closure between the exit and entry slip roads
- Coordinates
- 52.036973, -0.781019
- Latitude span
- 52.033291 – 52.041111
- Longitude span
- -0.787376 – -0.774979
- Bounding box centre
- 52.037201, -0.781178
- Location descriptions
-
- A5 southbound within the A509 junction
- A5 southbound between A509 and A421
- A5 southbound between A422 and A509
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Mar 23, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A509 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {ECFF65AD-B45D-402C-A5B4-86A138442FA1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 433 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.040676 -0.786694 52.040384 -0.78625 52.040155 -0.785906 52.04 -0.785692 52.039763 -0.785363 52.03885 -0.784046 52.038632 -0.783746 52.037782 -0.782457
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A509 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {DAF7F14B-8C21-4507-9029-0004E69D13F0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 292 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.037014 -0.781253 52.036347 -0.780195 52.036336 -0.780178 52.03621 -0.779978 52.035902 -0.77945 52.035597 -0.778959 52.035167 -0.778213
Segment 3
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound between A509 and A421
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {FDD4429D-2776-4DD0-A272-4EA348AEE373}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 304 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.035167 -0.778213 52.034865 -0.777696 52.0347 -0.777409 52.034535 -0.777122 52.034425 -0.776921 52.034407 -0.776893 52.034398 -0.776878 52.034058 -0.776246 52.033291 -0.774979
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A509 junction
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {2C264D97-76CD-42D3-9029-4CC2FE8E07D6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 118 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.037782 -0.782457 52.037014 -0.781253
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound between A422 and A509
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- 13 m
- To Distance
- 80 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.041111 -0.787376 52.040676 -0.786694
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 28
- First coordinate pair
- -0.786694, 52.040676
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 28
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Construction Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Mar 5, 2026 5:40 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Mar 23, 2026 11:29 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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