Hardshoulder closure northbound
PlannedHardshoulder closure northbound
- Start time
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Aug 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between J3 And J3A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadside Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 8:26 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 2:45 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Aug 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Hardshoulder closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.351936, -1.862926
- Latitude span
- 52.351642 – 52.352629
- Longitude span
- -1.868804 – -1.857525
- Bounding box centre
- 52.352136, -1.863165
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between J3 and J3A
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Aug 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J3 and J3A
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A16146E6-1DFA-4C06-8CBC-7FB079ED4807}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.351711 -1.857567 52.351713 -1.857525
Segment 2
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J3 and J3A
- 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {19DE9A6A-0E45-4C5E-AAE5-B00F7A1F0329}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 764 m
- To Distance
- 1,543 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.352629 -1.868804 52.352496 -1.868238 52.352343 -1.867504 52.352126 -1.866331 52.352017 -1.865641 52.351908 -1.864716 52.351808 -1.863792 52.351699 -1.862294 52.351652 -1.861223 52.351642 -1.860313 52.35165 -1.859446 52.351711 -1.857567
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 14
- First coordinate pair
- -1.857567, 52.351711
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 14
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-1.857567,
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]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadside Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 8:26 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 2:45 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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