M40 lane closures southbound (4,44k)
ClearedM40 lane closures southbound (4,44k)
- Start time
- Fri, Jul 3, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 15 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J16 And J15
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 7:38 AM
- Last updated
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 2:57 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 3:15 AM
- Latest update: M40 lane closures southbound (4,44k)
- Coordinates
- 52.326162, -1.737132
- Latitude span
- 52.312320 – 52.333881
- Longitude span
- -1.766332 – -1.711714
- Bounding box centre
- 52.323101, -1.739023
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jul 3, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9272BDF9-2B65-42EE-B918-D56D1E7E5B0A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,087 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.331869 -1.755222 52.331801 -1.754965 52.331357 -1.753367 52.331068 -1.752342 52.330959 -1.751946 52.330587 -1.750598 52.32979 -1.747536 52.329 -1.744018 52.328455 -1.74138 52.328246 -1.740413
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {20C46F79-FCA4-41F0-9F26-BAED2F5444E4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 731 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.31781 -1.717617 52.31671 -1.716414 52.31617 -1.715823 52.312645 -1.712076 52.31232 -1.711714
Segment 3
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {BC74A5C7-11CA-4D80-87DD-12F59DFF6093}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 650 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.328246 -1.740413 52.327965 -1.739109 52.327819 -1.738449 52.327547 -1.737291 52.327474 -1.736984 52.327294 -1.736266 52.327202 -1.735899 52.326731 -1.734156 52.326631 -1.733775 52.326589 -1.733629 52.326087 -1.7319 52.325998 -1.731611
Segment 4
24 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {6C9E1CF2-13E2-44A1-9D35-E7620FCB9F14}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,339 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {EAE18DBD-4446-441C-8A33-274747F64045}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 271 m
- To Distance
- 1,062 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 65
- First coordinate pair
- -1.755222, 52.331869
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 65
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 7:38 AM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Jul 4, 2026 2:57 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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