Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
ClearedLanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Start time
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between J5 And J6
- 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
- Thu, Mar 19, 2026 2:57 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 9:45 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.413836, -1.728230
- Latitude span
- 52.408657 – 52.420825
- Longitude span
- -1.735067 – -1.722223
- Bounding box centre
- 52.414741, -1.728645
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
24 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- 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
- {66ADE1C7-6949-4890-8EA0-AE38BDA016D0}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 57 m
- To Distance
- 1,052 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.408657 -1.735067 52.408722 -1.734901 52.409223 -1.733795 52.409398 -1.733433 52.409544 -1.733132 52.409572 -1.733073 52.409787 -1.732645 52.410012 -1.732247 52.410136 -1.732026 52.410656 -1.73117 52.410821 -1.730919 52.41088 -1.73083 52.411274 -1.730254 52.411507 -1.72993 52.412054 -1.729221 52.412215 -1.729029 52.412359 -1.728851 52.412753 -1.728422 52.413327 -1.727816 52.413525 -1.727639 52.413594 -1.727579 52.413991 -1.727239 52.415337 -1.726098 52.415508 -1.725965
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- 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
- {E92E4AA6-9AD0-4C85-D68E-40E53598A5CD}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 22 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.420633 -1.722344 52.420677 -1.722316 52.420825 -1.722223
Segment 3
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- 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
- {76AD272A-E736-4CB9-91E0-2BABFDE586BC}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 621 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.415508 -1.725965 52.415696 -1.725817 52.41619 -1.725446 52.417078 -1.724779 52.417688 -1.724349 52.418532 -1.723741 52.419474 -1.723103 52.420309 -1.722553 52.420633 -1.722344
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 36
- First coordinate pair
- -1.735067, 52.408657
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 36
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
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Mar 19, 2026 2:57 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 9:45 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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