M40 Northbound, Jct 4 to Jct 5 hard shoulder closure

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M40 Northbound, Jct 4 to Jct 5 hard shoulder closure

Start time
Mon, Nov 2, 2026 5:00 PM
Expected end
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 7:00 PM
Duration
2 days 2 hours
Road
M40 – M40 Northbound Between J4 And J5
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 5:27 PM
Last updated
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 7:39 PM
Cleared
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 7:00 PM
  • Latest update: M40 Northbound, Jct 4 to Jct 5 hard shoulder closure
Coordinates
51.624811, -0.830372
Latitude span
51.623538 – 51.625258
Longitude span
-0.838291 – -0.822967
Bounding box centre
51.624398, -0.830629
Location descriptions
  • M40 northbound between J4 and J5
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Mon, Nov 2, 2026 5:00 PM
Overall feed end
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 7:00 PM
Feed window length
2 days 2 hours
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

23 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 northbound between J4 and J5
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Lh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
4 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
{0B251870-C071-42C2-888E-36836A42BCEB}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
335 m
To Distance
1,274 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.623538 -0.822967
51.623695 -0.82333
51.623862 -0.823759
51.624018 -0.824145
51.624157 -0.824517
51.624222 -0.824718
51.624482 -0.825535
51.624631 -0.82608
51.624791 -0.826783
51.624943 -0.827588
51.625058 -0.828264
51.625126 -0.828768
51.625146 -0.829013
51.625187 -0.829489
51.625227 -0.829965
51.62525 -0.830383
51.625258 -0.830877
51.625256 -0.831491
51.625247 -0.832106
51.625228 -0.83264
51.625132 -0.833959
51.625031 -0.835575
51.625017 -0.835922

Segment 2

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 northbound between J4 and J5
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Lh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
4 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{A6095CD2-F87D-4352-8CC1-6CDFE405D77D}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
164 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.625017 -0.835922
51.624994 -0.836342
51.624991 -0.836963
51.624997 -0.837541
51.625 -0.837844
51.625018 -0.838291
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
29
First coordinate pair
-0.822967, 51.623538
Road section segments
1
Road section points
29
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
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 5:27 PM
Record versioned
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 7:39 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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