Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
ClearedHardshoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Start time
- Wed, May 20, 2026 1:30 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 15 hours 30 minutes
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Within J2
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Tue, May 19, 2026 11:03 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, May 21, 2026 3:00 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Hardshoulder and lane 1 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.361748, -1.944997
- Latitude span
- 52.361131 – 52.361926
- Longitude span
- -1.950123 – -1.938898
- Bounding box centre
- 52.361529, -1.944511
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound within J2
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, May 20, 2026 1:30 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 15 hours 30 minutes
- 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {57B3E6F3-C275-42AF-81B3-96B6F74F2830}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 282 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.361926 -1.948081 52.361916 -1.946128 52.361914 -1.946054 52.361843 -1.94394
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {18337308-622C-454E-B75B-89F0AE81B22B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 328 m
- To Distance
- 358 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.361875 -1.950123 52.3619 -1.949682
Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {011A82D5-672C-4031-AABE-9F32C65BF7D1}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 109 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.3619 -1.949682 52.3619 -1.949623 52.361926 -1.948169 52.361926 -1.948081
Segment 4
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {55C0477A-05B9-4CC1-92D2-C615558D20D8}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 353 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.361843 -1.94394 52.361843 -1.943866 52.361726 -1.942677 52.36169 -1.942325 52.3616 -1.941679 52.361563 -1.9414 52.361473 -1.940783 52.361311 -1.939814 52.361131 -1.938898
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 19
- First coordinate pair
- -1.948081, 52.361926
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 19
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
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, May 19, 2026 11:03 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, May 21, 2026 3:00 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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