Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound
PlannedLanes 1 and 2 closure southbound
- Start time
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Oct 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J16 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 9:08 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026 2:44 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Oct 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.978643, -2.231208
- Latitude span
- 52.974010 – 52.983699
- Longitude span
- -2.243808 – -2.226263
- Bounding box centre
- 52.978855, -2.235036
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J16 and J15
- M6 southbound within J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Oct 24, 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
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1E6A755F-5360-4181-A22B-8327C819B4A0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,011 m
- To Distance
- 2,314 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9141F93C-676C-4EE8-8B2E-DC948EB36786}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 217 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.977617 -2.227809 52.977496 -2.227715 52.97711 -2.227412 52.976804 -2.227202 52.976589 -2.227081 52.975852 -2.22672 52.97579 -2.22669
Segment 3
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E40628D1-D463-A8BD-CC5C-74EDABAD878E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 187 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AB6D6568-3CE8-410D-BB44-7DAA5FD0830E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 12 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.97579 -2.22669 52.975739 -2.226667 52.975682 -2.226645
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 49
- First coordinate pair
- -2.243808, 52.983699
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 49
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 9:08 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026 2:44 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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