Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
ActiveHard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Start time
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026 7:40 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 20 minutes
- Road
- M5 – M5 Northbound Between J8 And J7
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026 7:40 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026 8:56 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.132205, -2.199473
- Latitude span
- 52.124437 – 52.140396
- Longitude span
- -2.201094 – -2.196266
- Bounding box centre
- 52.132417, -2.198680
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 northbound between J8 and J7
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026 7:40 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Oct 19, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 20 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
- M5 northbound between J8 and J7
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D723C664-F944-4F65-BB0A-9A57198264AA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 41 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.140033 -2.196419 52.140348 -2.196289 52.140396 -2.196266
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J8 and J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9BDB6484-6C83-4A73-9A46-E11B3AAFD4D6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,768 m
- To Distance
- 1,815 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.124437 -2.200171 52.124854 -2.200313
Segment 3
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J8 and J7
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {67233573-B963-42D0-B20D-A22D82A42666}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 882 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.124854 -2.200313 52.124863 -2.200316 52.125194 -2.200428 52.126558 -2.200832 52.127542 -2.201012 52.128083 -2.201053 52.12868 -2.201094 52.129692 -2.20103 52.130145 -2.200967 52.130229 -2.200956 52.130775 -2.200846 52.131199 -2.200761 52.131886 -2.200543 52.132394 -2.200349 52.132709 -2.200229
Segment 4
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J8 and J7
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1BBEF911-F1C2-42E6-AC6F-DA1ADAB1DF7A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 855 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.132709 -2.200229 52.133078 -2.200055 52.133617 -2.19978 52.133743 -2.199709 52.136344 -2.198229 52.137073 -2.19783 52.137244 -2.197736 52.138306 -2.197201 52.139143 -2.19681 52.140033 -2.196419
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 30
- First coordinate pair
- -2.196419, 52.140033
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 30
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026 7:40 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026 8:56 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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