Lane 2 and 3 closure northbound
ClearedLane 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Start time
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Jan 24, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Within J5
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
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- First published
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 10:03 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 7:00 PM
- Cleared
- Sat, Jan 24, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: Lane 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.398931, -1.761535
- Latitude span
- 52.394174 – 52.403818
- Longitude span
- -1.768083 – -1.753900
- Bounding box centre
- 52.398996, -1.760992
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound within J5
- M42 northbound between J4 and J5
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Jan 24, 2026 6:00 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 within J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {6B273A33-4D1D-443D-86C4-D35D41711734}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 105 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.403281 -1.755186 52.403818 -1.7539
Segment 2
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J4 and J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {F94E39B7-3872-4FF7-AA48-2F99D9861700}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 217 m
- To Distance
- 1,561 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 31
- First coordinate pair
- -1.755186, 52.403281
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 31
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 4
- Record created
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 10:03 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 7:00 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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