Lanes 2 and 3 closure southbound
ActiveLanes 2 and 3 closure southbound
- Start time
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 7:51 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 9 minutes
- Road
- M42 – M42 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 7:51 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 9:23 PM
- Cleared
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: Lanes 2 and 3 closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.455656, -1.709852
- Latitude span
- 52.453156 – 52.458774
- Longitude span
- -1.710395 – -1.709142
- Bounding box centre
- 52.455965, -1.709769
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 southbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 7:51 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 9 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 southbound between J7 and J6
- 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
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0B2EEDBF-EB46-4C6E-B5CB-03F5A4433E8C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 52 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.453617 -1.709308 52.453612 -1.709307 52.453156 -1.709142
Segment 2
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 southbound between J7 and J6
- 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
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4E56E7E9-2ECA-5C7F-E516-A0794005A6E7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 666 m
- To Distance
- 1,245 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.458774 -1.710395 52.458299 -1.71038 52.457858 -1.710368 52.457211 -1.710284 52.45695 -1.710241 52.456634 -1.710183 52.45641 -1.710142 52.456177 -1.710099 52.455655 -1.70997 52.454755 -1.709697 52.454098 -1.70948 52.453665 -1.709326 52.453617 -1.709308
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 16
- First coordinate pair
- -1.709308, 52.453617
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 16
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-1.709308,
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],
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52.453612
],
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],
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]
]
]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 4
- Record created
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 7:51 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 9:23 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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