M40 Jct 16 lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
ClearedM40 Jct 16 lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Start time
- Thu, Apr 23, 2026 8:59 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Apr 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours 1 minute
- Road
- M40 – M40 Northbound Between J16 And M42
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Thu, Apr 23, 2026 8:59 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Apr 24, 2026 3:44 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Apr 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Jct 16 lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
- Coordinates
- 52.343070, -1.791833
- Latitude span
- 52.340431 – 52.344791
- Longitude span
- -1.795089 – -1.787740
- Bounding box centre
- 52.342611, -1.791415
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 northbound between J16 and M42
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Apr 23, 2026 8:59 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Apr 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 1 minute
- 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 northbound between J16 and M42
- 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
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0C591399-C4F9-4B93-8EDC-44382D0D3521}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 32 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.344625 -1.79469 52.344791 -1.795089
Segment 2
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 northbound between J16 and M42
- 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
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {DEF4D6E3-6A07-436C-87AE-E26126461EF1}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 278 m
- To Distance
- 945 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 16
- First coordinate pair
- -1.794690, 52.344625
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 16
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Apr 23, 2026 8:59 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Apr 24, 2026 3:44 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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