Hard shoulder closure
Plannedhard shoulder closure
- Start time
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 7:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 5:00 PM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- M5 – M5 Northbound Distributor J16 To J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 7:20 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 12:25 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 5:00 PM
- Latest update: hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.548476, -2.565551
- Latitude span
- 51.547638 – 51.549136
- Longitude span
- -2.568151 – -2.563492
- Bounding box centre
- 51.548387, -2.565822
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 northbound distributor J16 to J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 7:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 5:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
- M5 northbound distributor J16 to J15
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D35161AA-CFBE-4C77-BB9B-109F0144EC7A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 30 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.549006 -2.563885 51.549024 -2.563842 51.549136 -2.563492
Segment 2
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound distributor J16 to J15
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {82419D74-6633-4480-932B-0F9365F3DE94}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 3 m
- To Distance
- 336 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 11
- First coordinate pair
- -2.563885, 51.549006
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 11
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
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 7:20 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 12:25 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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