M4 eastbound Jct 23 to 22 Prince of Wales Bridge carriageway closure
ClearedM4 eastbound Jct 23 to 22 Prince of Wales Bridge carriageway closure
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:47 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 30, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 5 hours 8 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M4 – M4 Eastbound Between J23 And J22
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:48 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Oct 30, 2026 2:43 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Oct 30, 2026 2:55 AM
- Latest update: M4 eastbound Jct 23 to 22 Prince of Wales Bridge carriageway closure
- Coordinates
- 51.576598, -2.709758
- Latitude span
- 51.570206 – 51.582446
- Longitude span
- -2.743110 – -2.679534
- Bounding box centre
- 51.576326, -2.711322
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 eastbound between J23 and J22
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:47 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 30, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 13 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
28 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J23 and J22
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {BA3489E5-7B97-4254-B2FF-E01622524675}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,019 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J23 and J22
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {26F7B1EB-E1EC-C102-A496-53FA1CA628CC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,626 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 57
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 57
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Oct 29, 2026 9:48 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Oct 30, 2026 2:43 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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