A56 Northbound Bent Gate entry slip road lane 1 closure

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A56 Northbound Bent Gate entry slip road lane 1 closure

Start time
Thu, Jun 11, 2026 7:00 PM
Expected end
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
9 hours 55 minutes 2 seconds
Road
A56 – A56 Northbound Between A681 And B6232
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
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
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 2:57 AM
Last updated
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 4:39 AM
Cleared
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 4:55 AM
  • Latest update: A56 Northbound Bent Gate entry slip road lane 1 closure
Coordinates
53.693608, -2.318795
Latitude span
53.693204 – 53.694289
Longitude span
-2.321634 – -2.315560
Bounding box centre
53.693747, -2.318597
Location descriptions
  • A56 northbound between A681 and B6232
  • A56 northbound access from A681
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Thu, Jun 11, 2026 7:00 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
10 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

8 coordinate pairs
Description
A56 northbound between A681 and B6232
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
A56
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{BAF60277-B037-48E3-A60F-68E309726561}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
179 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.693566 -2.319216
53.693628 -2.319505
53.693761 -2.320096
53.693823 -2.320324
53.69385 -2.32043
53.694028 -2.320977
53.694287 -2.32163
53.694289 -2.321634

Segment 2

8 coordinate pairs
Description
A56 northbound access from A681
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
A56
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{BFC4263C-DCFE-426F-8B64-1FDDAAEF73EA}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
10 m
To Distance
257 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.693257 -2.31556
53.693215 -2.315973
53.693205 -2.316321
53.693204 -2.316442
53.69323 -2.316897
53.693345 -2.317806
53.693477 -2.318686
53.693566 -2.319216
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
16
First coordinate pair
-2.319216, 53.693566
Road section segments
1
Road section points
16
View geometry JSON
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            ],
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            ],
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View road section coordinates
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        ],
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
2
Record created
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 2:57 AM
Record versioned
Fri, Jun 12, 2026 4:39 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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