Hard shoulder east
Clearedhard shoulder east
- Start time
- Wed, May 20, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, May 20, 2026 4:00 PM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- 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
- Wed, May 20, 2026 6:01 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, May 20, 2026 8:52 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, May 20, 2026 4:00 PM
- Latest update: hard shoulder east
- Coordinates
- 51.542786, -1.841675
- Latitude span
- 51.541459 – 51.543874
- Longitude span
- -1.847904 – -1.834014
- Bounding box centre
- 51.542667, -1.840959
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 eastbound between J16 and J15
- M4 eastbound within J16
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, May 20, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, May 20, 2026 4:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- 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
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
- {A4AADD9D-55FA-43E0-8FD3-8F7011CEF114}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 80 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.543373 -1.845363 51.543187 -1.844247
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound within 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5A4D17D1-60C0-4431-94FA-5BB0EC9E1670}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 367 m
- To Distance
- 552 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.543874 -1.847904 51.54357 -1.846443 51.543373 -1.845363
Segment 3
10 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
- {B7B8321A-B074-4D7E-8FD0-51B43FD5B81A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 735 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.543187 -1.844247 51.543003 -1.843142 51.542949 -1.842768 51.542568 -1.840188 51.542542 -1.840029 51.542448 -1.839453 51.542332 -1.838747 51.54206 -1.837147 51.541861 -1.836066 51.541459 -1.834014
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 15
- First coordinate pair
- -1.845363, 51.543373
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 15
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
- Wed, May 20, 2026 6:01 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, May 20, 2026 8:52 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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