A556 Southbound from B5569 to Jct 19 Lane 1 closure
ClearedA556 Southbound from B5569 to Jct 19 Lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:25 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 10 minutes 1 second
- Road
- A556 – A556 Southbound Between M56 J7 And M6 J19
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:25 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 3:21 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 3:35 AM
- Latest update: A556 Southbound from B5569 to Jct 19 Lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 53.315559, -2.419201
- Latitude span
- 53.312827 – 53.319456
- Longitude span
- -2.420467 – -2.417944
- Bounding box centre
- 53.316142, -2.419206
- Location descriptions
-
- A556 southbound between M56 J7 and M6 J19
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:25 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- A556 southbound between M56 J7 and M6 J19
- 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
- A556
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8473674D-74B2-3E33-CBA8-4DC7E2741E11}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 52 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.31324 -2.418281 53.313067 -2.418192 53.312957 -2.418126 53.312839 -2.417974 53.312827 -2.417944
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- A556 southbound between M56 J7 and M6 J19
- 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
- A556
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {782FAA97-727A-4BDD-B94C-CD39BF9F59B2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 59 m
- To Distance
- 295 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.319456 -2.420467 53.319214 -2.420435 53.31883 -2.420368 53.318421 -2.420291 53.317937 -2.420146 53.317511 -2.420046 53.317357 -2.420001
Segment 3
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- A556 southbound between M56 J7 and M6 J19
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A556
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {DEEEAEEF-D906-483B-97B8-BA8752CA7C57}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 472 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.317357 -2.420001 53.316606 -2.419777 53.315707 -2.419463 53.315114 -2.419216 53.314746 -2.419047 53.313582 -2.418461 53.313455 -2.418394 53.313282 -2.418302 53.31324 -2.418281
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -2.418281, 53.313240
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 21
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
- 2
- Record created
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:25 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 3:21 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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