A56 Northbound Rising Bridge to Sandy Lane carriageway closure
ClearedA56 Northbound Rising Bridge to Sandy Lane carriageway closure
- Start time
- Sat, Mar 21, 2026 10:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- A56 – A56 Northbound Between A680 And A679
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 12:54 AM
- Last updated
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 4:25 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: A56 Northbound Rising Bridge to Sandy Lane carriageway closure
- Coordinates
- 53.738862, -2.329546
- Latitude span
- 53.723840 – 53.751984
- Longitude span
- -2.335212 – -2.326696
- Bounding box centre
- 53.737912, -2.330954
- Location descriptions
-
- A56 northbound between A680 and A679
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Mar 21, 2026 10:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- A56 northbound between A680 and A679
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- A56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0818C643-32C3-4DA0-B34E-7FFD3219E69F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 12 m
- To Distance
- 480 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- A56 northbound between A680 and A679
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {40EFB395-9E94-46FC-A1C4-C8DD8EDC9F1A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 37 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.751666 -2.335035 53.751809 -2.335112 53.751984 -2.335212
Segment 3
41 coordinate pairs- Description
- A56 northbound between A680 and A679
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {45EF40E6-A694-4BE9-B444-57AF0A842433}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,009 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- A56 northbound between A680 and A679
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {1C808906-F69C-4C1C-B6FF-441E740C5D7E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 74 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.751027 -2.334702 53.751047 -2.334712 53.751666 -2.335035
Segment 5
16 coordinate pairs- Description
- A56 northbound between A680 and A679
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- 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
- {92ED9F64-D5E0-4823-B630-E767727F4CE6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 671 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 75
- First coordinate pair
- -2.326897, 53.723840
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 75
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 12
- Record created
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 12:54 AM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Mar 22, 2026 4:25 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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