A556/M56 Westbound hardshoulder Lane 1 closure (MP 7/5 to 6/4)
ClearedA556/M56 Westbound hardshoulder Lane 1 closure (MP 7/5 to 6/4)
- Start time
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Jun 11, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 seconds
- Road
- M56 – M56 J7 Westbound Exit
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Westbound
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 2:14 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 3:55 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: A556/M56 Westbound hardshoulder Lane 1 closure (MP 7/5 to 6/4)
- Coordinates
- 53.364108, -2.378627
- Latitude span
- 53.361921 – 53.365509
- Longitude span
- -2.379842 – -2.377401
- Bounding box centre
- 53.363715, -2.378622
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 J7 westbound exit
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Jun 11, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J7 westbound exit
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5DCEA788-9246-4895-9FC7-CCDA0889178C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 68 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.365015 -2.379233 53.365125 -2.379348 53.365232 -2.379471 53.365336 -2.379601 53.365509 -2.379842
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J7 westbound exit
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5EAB1648-58FB-4DE4-A100-A07540561ED7}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 142 m
- To Distance
- 298 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.361921 -2.377401 53.362254 -2.37753 53.362542 -2.377622 53.363282 -2.377913
Segment 3
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J7 westbound exit
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E5934170-F471-4A09-9CBA-468C73873064}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 212 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.363282 -2.377913 53.363809 -2.378272 53.364157 -2.37849 53.364491 -2.378707 53.364646 -2.378828 53.365015 -2.379233
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 15
- First coordinate pair
- -2.379233, 53.365015
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 15
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-2.379233,
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],
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],
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]
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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
- 5
- Record created
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 2:14 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 3:55 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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