A5 southbound Portway lane 1 closure (MP 78/5 to 77/0)
ClearedA5 southbound Portway lane 1 closure (MP 78/5 to 77/0)
- Start time
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Oct 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 5 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- A5 – A5 Southbound Within The A509 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
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 6:59 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 11:49 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Oct 20, 2026 12:00 AM
- Latest update: A5 southbound Portway lane 1 closure (MP 78/5 to 77/0)
- Coordinates
- 52.040037, -0.786028
- Latitude span
- 52.035744 – 52.044806
- Longitude span
- -0.795153 – -0.779196
- Bounding box centre
- 52.040275, -0.787175
- Location descriptions
-
- A5 southbound within the A509 junction
- A5 southbound between A422 and A509
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Oct 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A509 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
- {DAF7F14B-8C21-4507-9029-0004E69D13F0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 199 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 52.035744 -0.779196
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A509 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
- {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 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- A5 southbound within the A509 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
- {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 4
11 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
- 274 m
- To Distance
- 936 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.044806 -0.795153 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 5
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
- 80 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.041197 -0.787511 52.040676 -0.786694
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 29
- First coordinate pair
- -0.781253, 52.037014
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 29
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 6:59 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 11:49 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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