M40 Southbound, Jct 16 to Jct 15, hard shoulder closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 16 to Jct 15, hard shoulder closure.
- Start time
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 8:30 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 2:30 PM
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J15 And J14
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 3:56 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 2:05 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 2:30 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 16 to Jct 15, hard shoulder closure.
- Coordinates
- 52.257441, -1.603169
- Latitude span
- 52.257065 – 52.258092
- Longitude span
- -1.606778 – -1.598959
- Bounding box centre
- 52.257579, -1.602869
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J15 and J14
- M40 southbound within J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 8:30 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 2:30 PM
- Feed window length
- 6 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
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J15 and J14
- 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AC2AFE07-D031-41D3-A8D0-E144DC89178D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 529 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.258032 -1.606475 52.257866 -1.605847 52.257656 -1.604955 52.25762 -1.604765 52.257519 -1.604341 52.257428 -1.603873 52.257327 -1.603317 52.257226 -1.602688 52.257171 -1.602234 52.257115 -1.601649 52.257095 -1.601224 52.257076 -1.600829 52.257065 -1.600155 52.25708 -1.599305 52.2571 -1.598959
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J15
- 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
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {763FE4E9-2FD1-46C2-9308-827052411C29}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 388 m
- To Distance
- 410 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.258092 -1.606778 52.258032 -1.606475
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 17
- First coordinate pair
- -1.606475, 52.258032
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 17
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 3:56 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 2:05 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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