Lane 2 and 3 closure northbound
ActiveLane 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Start time
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 9:03 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 57 minutes
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between J2 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 9:04 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 10:29 PM
- Cleared
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Lane 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.355000, -1.908064
- Latitude span
- 52.354327 – 52.356995
- Longitude span
- -1.927301 – -1.890137
- Bounding box centre
- 52.355661, -1.908719
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- M42 northbound within J3
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 9:03 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 57 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
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- 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
- {EF205A4C-F1B5-4FEB-BFD9-3DE30FC94A35}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 495 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.355325 -1.898488 52.355294 -1.897991 52.355222 -1.897023 52.355113 -1.895716 52.355076 -1.89529 52.355031 -1.894821 52.355031 -1.894806 52.354958 -1.894013 52.354895 -1.893221 52.354885 -1.892927 52.35483 -1.89165 52.354812 -1.891268
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound within J3
- 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
- {49F5E10A-09A5-44C0-A902-F87A339E1C36}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 77 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354812 -1.891268 52.354803 -1.89096 52.354802 -1.89027 52.354802 -1.890137
Segment 3
28 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {9B54CF38-4C79-478E-A30A-06019C8FEED6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,294 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.35451 -1.91733 52.354419 -1.91617 52.354355 -1.914981 52.354337 -1.91432 52.354327 -1.913968 52.354327 -1.913616 52.354327 -1.913322 52.354335 -1.912309 52.354362 -1.911677 52.354415 -1.910796 52.354477 -1.909974 52.35448 -1.909945 52.354593 -1.908829 52.354674 -1.908168 52.354781 -1.907389 52.354888 -1.906626 52.35504 -1.905407 52.355111 -1.904893 52.355147 -1.904511 52.355236 -1.903512 52.355307 -1.902484 52.355315 -1.902308 52.355325 -1.902102 52.355351 -1.901339 52.355368 -1.900179 52.355359 -1.899562 52.355331 -1.898637 52.355325 -1.898488
Segment 4
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J2 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8E4F5B9F-6F7D-4237-8DB2-332726EE96C1}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 595 m
- To Distance
- 1,335 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.356995 -1.927301 52.356637 -1.926444 52.35625 -1.925402 52.355917 -1.924375 52.355683 -1.923568 52.355601 -1.923289 52.355394 -1.922497 52.355259 -1.921909 52.355051 -1.920955 52.355051 -1.920941 52.354961 -1.920486 52.35488 -1.919987 52.354781 -1.919473 52.354763 -1.919312 52.354654 -1.918622 52.354573 -1.917961 52.354519 -1.917418 52.35451 -1.91733
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 62
- First coordinate pair
- -1.898488, 52.355325
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 62
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 9:04 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 10:29 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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