A556 Southbound Lane 1 closure from Little Bowden Roundabout

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A556 Southbound Lane 1 closure from Little Bowden Roundabout

Start time
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 7:00 PM
Expected end
Wed, Jul 8, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
1 second
Road
A556 – A556 Southbound Within The M56/A56 Junction
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 2:25 PM
Last updated
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 2:31 PM
Cleared
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 7:00 PM
  • Latest update: A556 Southbound Lane 1 closure from Little Bowden Roundabout
Coordinates
53.364775, -2.389312
Latitude span
53.363070 – 53.365985
Longitude span
-2.391685 – -2.386318
Bounding box centre
53.364528, -2.389002
Location descriptions
  • A556 southbound within the M56/A56 junction
  • A556 southbound access from M56 J7/A56
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 7:00 PM
Overall feed end
Wed, Jul 8, 2026 4:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours
Probability code (raw)
probable
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

2 coordinate pairs
Description
A556 southbound within the M56/A56 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
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
A556
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{DC7EA28E-63F4-4248-B115-869E84203A82}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
21 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.363541 -2.391201
53.363369 -2.391364

Segment 2

3 coordinate pairs
Description
A556 southbound within the M56/A56 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
Start2 End1
Linear Element Road
A556
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{2866FEB4-AB2E-44B3-95EC-8D4ACC63511E}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
39 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.363369 -2.391364
53.363153 -2.391603
53.36307 -2.391685

Segment 3

15 coordinate pairs
Description
A556 southbound access from M56 J7/A56
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
{68A33C20-C25A-45B4-8564-6322E7790E62}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
18 m
To Distance
355 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.365944 -2.386318
53.365985 -2.386707
53.36597 -2.386976
53.36594 -2.387137
53.365896 -2.38734
53.365833 -2.387581
53.36576 -2.387814
53.365679 -2.38804
53.365575 -2.388309
53.365482 -2.388532
53.365383 -2.388748
53.36528 -2.388956
53.36513 -2.38923
53.364843 -2.389681
53.364359 -2.390374

Segment 4

5 coordinate pairs
Description
A556 southbound within the M56/A56 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 End2
Linear Element Road
A556
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{2B31A2C6-8C57-4782-A503-7ED8DFC6771F}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
106 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.364359 -2.390374
53.364217 -2.390516
53.363965 -2.390754
53.363739 -2.390992
53.363541 -2.391201
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
25
First coordinate pair
-2.391201, 53.363541
Road section segments
1
Road section points
25
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 2:25 PM
Record versioned
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 2:31 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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