Hard shoulder closure

Cleared

hard shoulder closure

Start time
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:16 AM
Expected end
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 5:00 PM
Duration
2 hours 14 minutes 1 second
Road
M49 – M49 Southbound Between Avonmouth Junction And M5/A4
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:16 AM
Last updated
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 9:09 AM
Cleared
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 9:30 AM
  • Latest update: hard shoulder closure
Coordinates
51.509032, -2.666784
Latitude span
51.506481 – 51.511692
Longitude span
-2.668261 – -2.664345
Bounding box centre
51.509087, -2.666303
Location descriptions
  • M49 southbound between Avonmouth junction and M5/A4
  • M49 northbound between M5/A4 and Avonmouth junction
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:16 AM
Overall feed end
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 5:00 PM
Feed window length
9 hours 44 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

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M49 southbound between Avonmouth junction and M5/A4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Lh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End1
Linear Element Road
M49
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{77EE3ED1-ED72-4ADC-9FEF-06C8E6EEABDA}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
192 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.506533 -2.66824
51.506764 -2.668143
51.507529 -2.667881
51.508025 -2.667686
51.508223 -2.667646

Segment 2

15 coordinate pairs
Description
M49 northbound between M5/A4 and Avonmouth junction
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Lh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M49
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D654B0AA-0B3B-421D-B54A-BB272C93F867}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
451 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.508223 -2.667646
51.508446 -2.667519
51.50862 -2.667421
51.509026 -2.667168
51.50912 -2.667097
51.509288 -2.66697
51.509433 -2.666842
51.509858 -2.666402
51.510156 -2.66606
51.510319 -2.665875
51.510908 -2.665178
51.510962 -2.665106
51.511089 -2.664964
51.511469 -2.664566
51.511692 -2.664345

Segment 3

2 coordinate pairs
Description
M49 southbound between Avonmouth junction and M5/A4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Lh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
M49
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{2C07466D-B748-46BF-9B4E-D6C0270A6EAE}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
128 m
To Distance
134 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.506481 -2.668261
51.506533 -2.66824
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
22
First coordinate pair
-2.668240, 51.506533
Road section segments
1
Road section points
22
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
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed region label
southbound between Avonmouth
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:16 AM
Record versioned
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 9:09 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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