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Lanes closures northbound

Cleared

Lanes closures northbound

Start time
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 8:02 PM
Expected end
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 3:00 AM
Duration
3 hours 8 minutes 1 second
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
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 8:02 PM
Last updated
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 10:44 PM
Cleared
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 11:10 PM
  • Latest update: Lanes closures northbound
Coordinates
52.441204, -1.712233
Latitude span
52.432133 – 52.447551
Longitude span
-1.716496 – -1.709187
Bounding box centre
52.439842, -1.712842
Location descriptions
  • M42 northbound between J5 and J6
  • M42 northbound within J6
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 8:02 PM
Overall feed end
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 3:00 AM
Feed window length
6 hours 58 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

17 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
995 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
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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
52.437138 -1.714681
52.437865 -1.714382
52.438548 -1.714128
52.438952 -1.713934
52.43923 -1.7138
52.439778 -1.713487
52.440819 -1.712789
52.441348 -1.712389

Segment 2

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 northbound within 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
{AD470574-C8D6-4376-A271-C631882C4F4B}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
319 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
52.441348 -1.712389
52.441842 -1.712032
52.442704 -1.711438
52.442917 -1.711298
52.443637 -1.710825
52.443924 -1.710636
52.444005 -1.710591

Segment 3

2 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 northbound within 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
{32A18FDD-1927-4269-AD9C-2527A279983B}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
13 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
52.445056 -1.71004
52.445172 -1.70998

Segment 4

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 northbound within 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
{ABDC256F-EF46-4924-AF54-2BDBF2C72578}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
119 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
52.445172 -1.70998
52.445505 -1.709831
52.446214 -1.709562

Segment 5

8 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 northbound within 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
{113E8554-541D-4D95-8345-8F4F01F1C349}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
150 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
52.446214 -1.709562
52.44652 -1.709442
52.446609 -1.709412
52.446664 -1.709398
52.44687 -1.709345
52.446906 -1.709336
52.447211 -1.709261
52.447551 -1.709187

Segment 6

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
{14C3DB0B-BCF0-4218-A2DC-F9D53C9CBDF2}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
348 m
To Distance
418 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
52.432133 -1.716496
52.432742 -1.716259

Segment 7

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M42 northbound within 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
{51C722EF-ADB1-4191-8183-A2A5490C24EB}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
122 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
52.444005 -1.710591
52.444337 -1.710398
52.444625 -1.710234
52.444984 -1.71007
52.445056 -1.71004
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
44
First coordinate pair
-1.716259, 52.432742
Road section segments
1
Road section points
44
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
4
Record created
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 8:02 PM
Record versioned
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 10:44 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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