Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
ClearedLanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Start time
- Wed, May 20, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between J5 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, May 20, 2026 3:30 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, May 20, 2026 5:54 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.433003, -1.716204
- Latitude span
- 52.428928 – 52.437023
- Longitude span
- -1.717805 – -1.714724
- Bounding box centre
- 52.432976, -1.716265
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, May 20, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, May 21, 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
10 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
- {60A2004B-49EE-40C9-8D3A-066B47914D68}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 487 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.432742 -1.716259 52.432742 -1.716259 52.432862 -1.716214 52.433401 -1.716018 52.434479 -1.715625 52.435018 -1.715432 52.435647 -1.715206 52.436006 -1.7151 52.436454 -1.714935 52.437023 -1.714724
Segment 2
2 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
- {156EBE76-D593-6299-E3DD-BED587B77103}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 500 m
- To Distance
- 518 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.428928 -1.717805 52.42909 -1.717733
Segment 3
4 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
- {14C3DB0B-BCF0-4218-A2DC-F9D53C9CBDF2}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 418 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.42909 -1.717733 52.429764 -1.717435 52.432054 -1.716527 52.432742 -1.716259
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 16
- First coordinate pair
- -1.716259, 52.432742
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 16
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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
- 3
- Record created
- Wed, May 20, 2026 3:30 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, May 20, 2026 5:54 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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