Hard shoulder east
Clearedhard shoulder east
- Start time
- Mon, May 18, 2026 6:22 AM
- Expected end
- Mon, May 18, 2026 4:00 PM
- Duration
- 9 hours 38 minutes
- Road
- M4 – M4 Eastbound Between J16 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Mon, May 18, 2026 6:22 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, May 18, 2026 11:01 AM
- Cleared
- Mon, May 18, 2026 4:00 PM
- Latest update: hard shoulder east
- Coordinates
- 51.538545, -1.789416
- Latitude span
- 51.535092 – 51.540521
- Longitude span
- -1.808374 – -1.775478
- Bounding box centre
- 51.537807, -1.791926
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, May 18, 2026 6:22 AM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, May 18, 2026 4:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 38 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
23 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CFBEE345-7EE4-46E5-AA8F-31FD0679CD61}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 58 m
- To Distance
- 1,744 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.540392 -1.808374 51.540451 -1.807413 51.540487 -1.806197 51.540512 -1.805215 51.540521 -1.804181 51.540521 -1.802576 51.54047 -1.800647 51.540413 -1.799423 51.540336 -1.798308 51.54029 -1.79776 51.540263 -1.797299 51.540171 -1.79629 51.53997 -1.794373 51.539842 -1.793278 51.539693 -1.792285 51.539693 -1.792277 51.539287 -1.789733 51.539069 -1.78858 51.538942 -1.787932 51.538779 -1.787154 51.538371 -1.785469 51.538281 -1.785109 51.538145 -1.784576
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {04153171-98EE-4D9F-87AE-ED09369C2236}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 10 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.538145 -1.784576 51.538109 -1.784432
Segment 3
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {797CCDBE-7F97-436B-A8DC-51C9C982D29F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 707 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.538109 -1.784432 51.538 -1.784029 51.537656 -1.782776 51.537222 -1.781337 51.536869 -1.780257 51.536779 -1.779969 51.536697 -1.77971 51.536516 -1.779149 51.536254 -1.778443 51.536064 -1.777928 51.535947 -1.777609 51.535576 -1.776659 51.535305 -1.775997 51.535092 -1.775478
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 39
- First coordinate pair
- -1.808374, 51.540392
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 39
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 provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, May 18, 2026 6:22 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, May 18, 2026 11:01 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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