Hard shoulder closure southbound
ActiveHard shoulder closure southbound
- Start time
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 8:01 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 5:00 PM
- Duration
- 8 hours 59 minutes
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J4 And M6 Toll
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 8:01 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 10:14 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 5:00 PM
- Latest update: Hard shoulder closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.474323, -1.671597
- Latitude span
- 52.471252 – 52.477196
- Longitude span
- -1.678799 – -1.662161
- Bounding box centre
- 52.474224, -1.670480
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J4 and M6 Toll
- M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 8:01 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 5:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 59 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J4 and M6 Toll
- 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
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {380A9689-89F0-4014-97A7-76AD1C99D413}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 211 m
- To Distance
- 874 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.477196 -1.678799 52.477125 -1.678542 52.477121 -1.678528 52.476906 -1.677868 52.476764 -1.677434 52.47641 -1.676554 52.476233 -1.676112 52.475727 -1.675068 52.474889 -1.673447 52.47369 -1.670935
Segment 2
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 5 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B822FDF3-4879-4F18-91B4-E594F3719540}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 657 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.47369 -1.670935 52.473689 -1.670932 52.47356 -1.670581 52.472773 -1.668448 52.472369 -1.667134 52.472347 -1.667057 52.472001 -1.665832 52.471371 -1.662832 52.47135 -1.662734 52.471252 -1.662161
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 20
- First coordinate pair
- -1.678799, 52.477196
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 20
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-1.678799,
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 8:01 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Oct 21, 2026 10:14 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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