Hard shoulder closure southbound
ClearedHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 9:00 AM
- Expected end
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 6:00 PM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Southbound Between J2 And J1
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadside Work
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- First published
- Mon, Feb 2, 2026 1:27 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 5:01 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 6:00 PM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.356393, -2.030025
- Latitude span
- 52.355459 – 52.356919
- Longitude span
- -2.037655 – -2.022978
- Bounding box centre
- 52.356189, -2.030317
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 southbound between J2 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 9:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 6:00 PM
- 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A393144A-E19E-46F8-853C-65E3A2355F71}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 664 m
- To Distance
- 1,119 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.356689 -2.022978 52.356702 -2.023089 52.356747 -2.023471 52.356868 -2.024654 52.356913 -2.025738 52.356919 -2.026888 52.356897 -2.02769 52.35684 -2.028589 52.356737 -2.029604
Segment 2
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {62D32EAD-A1E2-4BB6-A85E-6948AF08A6CD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 567 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.356737 -2.029604 52.35661 -2.030629 52.356269 -2.032472 52.355989 -2.033881 52.355845 -2.034777 52.355701 -2.035716 52.355602 -2.036362 52.355557 -2.036656 52.355459 -2.037655
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 18
- First coordinate pair
- -2.022978, 52.356689
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 18
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadside Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Feb 2, 2026 1:27 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Feb 23, 2026 5:01 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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