Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound

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Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound

Start time
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:25 PM
Expected end
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 6:00 AM
Duration
8 hours 35 minutes
Road
M6 – M6 Southbound Between M6 Toll And J3
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:25 PM
Last updated
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 10:36 PM
Cleared
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 6:00 AM
  • Latest update: Lanes 1 and 2 closure southbound
Coordinates
52.468495, -1.586104
Latitude span
52.467440 – 52.470713
Longitude span
-1.606678 – -1.563760
Bounding box centre
52.469077, -1.585219
Location descriptions
  • M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:25 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 6:00 AM
Feed window length
8 hours 35 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

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{1BBB9D07-1EF7-4ED0-AACC-1BB7069B9057}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,704 m
To Distance
1,983 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.46744 -1.606678
52.46744 -1.605012
52.46744 -1.603982
52.467444 -1.60354
52.467454 -1.602568

Segment 2

23 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D6FFCFA0-CC4F-4B58-BE06-44910F506F31}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
2,353 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.467454 -1.602568
52.467457 -1.602362
52.467476 -1.601288
52.467515 -1.599521
52.467596 -1.596767
52.467678 -1.594559
52.467787 -1.592305
52.467966 -1.589257
52.468029 -1.588226
52.468038 -1.588079
52.46811 -1.586885
52.46821 -1.585574
52.468282 -1.584617
52.468489 -1.582201
52.468706 -1.57977
52.468854 -1.578288
52.46889 -1.577913
52.468949 -1.577324
52.469175 -1.575261
52.469262 -1.574524
52.46948 -1.572564
52.469716 -1.570751
52.470058 -1.568245

Segment 3

4 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{423B1DAD-9E67-4D53-9535-6D084FCD59C8}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
313 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
52.470058 -1.568245
52.470128 -1.567744
52.47054 -1.564957
52.470713 -1.56376
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
32
First coordinate pair
-1.606678, 52.467440
Road section segments
1
Road section points
32
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
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:25 PM
Record versioned
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 10:36 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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