Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
ClearedHard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Start time
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between J2 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 1:50 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 12:49 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.355050, -1.892925
- Latitude span
- 52.354801 – 52.355368
- Longitude span
- -1.901964 – -1.884319
- Bounding box centre
- 52.355085, -1.893142
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- M42 northbound within J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Feb 1, 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
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- 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
- {EF205A4C-F1B5-4FEB-BFD9-3DE30FC94A35}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 495 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.355325 -1.898488 52.355294 -1.897991 52.355222 -1.897023 52.355113 -1.895716 52.355076 -1.89529 52.355031 -1.894821 52.355031 -1.894806 52.354958 -1.894013 52.354895 -1.893221 52.354885 -1.892927 52.35483 -1.89165 52.354812 -1.891268
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- 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
- {9B54CF38-4C79-478E-A30A-06019C8FEED6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,057 m
- To Distance
- 1,294 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.35533 -1.901964 52.355351 -1.901339 52.355368 -1.900179 52.355359 -1.899562 52.355331 -1.898637 52.355325 -1.898488
Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J3
- 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
- {AECFEF7A-A0A9-48CD-B070-D9D89C158C35}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 144 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354916 -1.886995 52.354925 -1.886701 52.355022 -1.88513 52.355031 -1.884881
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J3
- 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
- {8E6CC054-E493-419B-89CA-9E873CAEDD93}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 38 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.355031 -1.884881 52.355052 -1.884319
Segment 5
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J3
- 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
- {49F5E10A-09A5-44C0-A902-F87A339E1C36}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 291 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 30
- First coordinate pair
- -1.898488, 52.355325
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 30
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
- 2
- Record created
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 1:50 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 12:49 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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