M23 Southbound Jct 8 carriageway closure between the exit and entry slip roads
ClearedM23 Southbound Jct 8 carriageway closure between the exit and entry slip roads
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 2, 2026 4:30 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Road
- M23 – M23 Southbound Between J8 And J9
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Sep 24, 2026 11:37 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 8:58 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Oct 2, 2026 4:30 AM
- Latest update: M23 Southbound Jct 8 carriageway closure between the exit and entry slip roads
- Coordinates
- 51.264820, -0.128957
- Latitude span
- 51.257350 – 51.269751
- Longitude span
- -0.134991 – -0.125004
- Bounding box centre
- 51.263551, -0.129998
- Location descriptions
-
- M23 southbound between J8 and J9
- M23 southbound within J8
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 2, 2026 4:30 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound between J8 and J9
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {76A8425A-A6DE-4220-8413-030EFD190397}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 60 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.257873 -0.125253 51.25735 -0.125004
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {630967FC-28BB-458D-8717-77607DE1D7BA}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 94 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.268242 -0.131429 51.268159 -0.131299 51.267937 -0.130954 51.267799 -0.130773 51.267717 -0.130662 51.267607 -0.130523
Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {397DD533-3B40-48C0-BA61-43FCB9C48E6F}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 24 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.263864 -0.127636 51.263647 -0.127559
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D3B71684-7733-4BE4-84B0-B2C478687651}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 6 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.257927 -0.125283 51.257873 -0.125253
Segment 5
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound between J7 and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 5 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F3EBAC7C-6665-43CB-8206-0AE211E65728}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 136 m
- To Distance
- 438 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F4D99F50-9F96-4646-B7C7-5993E541E6BE}
- 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
51.263982 -0.127674 51.263864 -0.127636
Segment 7
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D34DD054-23FA-4CDC-8D87-EBBD72E7DE21}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 656 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 8
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start3 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {12FDE7BC-09C1-455F-BFA0-80F35298BDF6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 5 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.264118 -0.127726 51.264072 -0.127699
Segment 9
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D8F806AB-5462-470E-A037-657A4A0A6AED}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 10 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.264072 -0.127699 51.264 -0.127673 51.263982 -0.127674
Segment 10
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M23 southbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End3
- Linear Element Road
- M23
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {BE2C71B1-943F-4EF2-8857-8D328407F9B9}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 438 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 54
- First coordinate pair
- -0.125253, 51.257873
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 54
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Sep 24, 2026 11:37 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 8:58 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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