Hard shoulder closure southbound
ClearedHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Wed, Feb 25, 2026 9:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Feb 25, 2026 6:00 PM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between M42 And J16
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Thu, Feb 19, 2026 10:25 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Feb 25, 2026 10:24 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Feb 25, 2026 6:00 PM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.338363, -1.783939
- Latitude span
- 52.337549 – 52.339130
- Longitude span
- -1.785389 – -1.782279
- Bounding box centre
- 52.338340, -1.783834
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Feb 25, 2026 9:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Feb 25, 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3EFB4153-4AF2-4A12-8BAE-8ACB7C6565A7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 217 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.338773 -1.784765 52.338655 -1.784546 52.338466 -1.784194 52.338294 -1.783843 52.337961 -1.783169 52.337802 -1.782831 52.337618 -1.782437 52.337549 -1.782279
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1ECEA356-A435-45EC-B6C0-AF6697DAF966}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 877 m
- To Distance
- 935 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.33913 -1.785389 52.338971 -1.785107 52.338773 -1.784765
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 11
- First coordinate pair
- -1.784765, 52.338773
- 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
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Feb 19, 2026 10:25 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Feb 25, 2026 10:24 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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