M4 eastbound Jct 18 to Jct 17 hardshoulder closure (166/5 to 162/1)
ClearedM4 eastbound Jct 18 to Jct 17 hardshoulder closure (166/5 to 162/1)
- Start time
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:52 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:00 PM
- Duration
- 8 hours 53 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M4 – M4 Eastbound Between J18 And J17
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:52 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 12:49 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 2:45 PM
- Latest update: M4 eastbound Jct 18 to Jct 17 hardshoulder closure (166/5 to 162/1)
- Coordinates
- 51.515191, -2.278534
- Latitude span
- 51.507694 – 51.518951
- Longitude span
- -2.309640 – -2.250738
- Bounding box centre
- 51.513323, -2.280189
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:52 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 3:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 8 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
37 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8546E8B8-A966-4086-8977-AC3900EB6B05}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 129 m
- To Distance
- 2,912 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {919B07E5-8FE5-4A7F-9E98-CB529E9E2771}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 695 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.518186 -2.273644 51.518523 -2.271499 51.518605 -2.270995 51.518744 -2.26954 51.51878 -2.269166 51.518855 -2.268099 51.518911 -2.267033 51.518929 -2.266572 51.51893 -2.266529 51.518951 -2.265376 51.518945 -2.26441 51.518944 -2.264266 51.518945 -2.264007 51.518936 -2.263735
Segment 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D4402748-44C2-4997-9A7E-D2D01A23967A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 632 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4FB2D3E4-9D88-4F28-A736-D687BA408E9A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 296 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 67
- First coordinate pair
- -2.309640, 51.507694
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 67
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- Cause type
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- Detailed cause
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- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:52 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 12:49 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Expected clear 4 Jan 2027, 21:00
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Started Start time TBC
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A40 eastbound lane 2 closure
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Starts in 2 hours 29 minutes
Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00
Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00
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Category: Road Maintenance
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