A5 southbound Portway lane 1 closure (MP 78/5 to 77/0)

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A5 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
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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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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