A556 Northbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/5 to 4/2)
ClearedA556 Northbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/5 to 4/2)
- Start time
- Tue, Aug 25, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Aug 26, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- A556 – A556 Northbound Between A50 And M56 J7
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 7:03 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Aug 20, 2026 12:18 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Aug 26, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: A556 Northbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/5 to 4/2)
- Coordinates
- 53.346513, -2.412627
- Latitude span
- 53.342949 – 53.348637
- Longitude span
- -2.414712 – -2.410505
- Bounding box centre
- 53.345793, -2.412609
- Location descriptions
-
- A556 northbound between A50 and M56 J7
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Aug 25, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Aug 26, 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
- A556 northbound between A50 and M56 J7
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A556
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A682E606-E6F9-43D3-85C6-1AE6C7245727}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 117 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.347834 -2.411642 53.347875 -2.411592 53.348064 -2.411342 53.348156 -2.41122 53.348621 -2.410532 53.348637 -2.410505
Segment 2
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- A556 northbound between A50 and M56 J7
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A556
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B7185876-A69E-4FB4-9266-F015A9FC7457}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 523 m
- To Distance
- 1,111 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 18
- First coordinate pair
- -2.411642, 53.347834
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 18
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 7:03 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Aug 20, 2026 12:18 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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