Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
ClearedHard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Start time
- Thu, Jan 22, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between M5 And J1
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Tue, Dec 23, 2025 10:46 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jan 22, 2026 8:18 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.355866, -2.048134
- Latitude span
- 52.355545 – 52.356073
- Longitude span
- -2.051716 – -2.044145
- Bounding box centre
- 52.355809, -2.047931
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jan 22, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 6:00 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CE7D8273-5881-4B45-84F6-13F177859668}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 65 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.355624 -2.045095 52.355563 -2.044453 52.355545 -2.044145
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B30D6069-F67C-4F15-A96F-CCFDA5DE003C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 93 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.35576 -2.046449 52.355624 -2.045095
Segment 3
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {028AB3BB-377A-4B45-956B-04A123BB6A2D}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 749 m
- To Distance
- 1,109 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 15
- First coordinate pair
- -2.045095, 52.355624
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 15
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Dec 23, 2025 10:46 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jan 22, 2026 8:18 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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