M40 Southbound Jct 3 to Jct 2 lane 4, lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 3 to Jct 2 lane 4, lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J3 And J2
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 3 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 9:14 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 11:27 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 12:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 3 to Jct 2 lane 4, lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
- Coordinates
- 51.597855, -0.642794
- Latitude span
- 51.597054 – 51.598482
- Longitude span
- -0.651290 – -0.637034
- Bounding box centre
- 51.597768, -0.644162
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J3 and J2
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 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
19 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 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
- {295F5E94-C290-4EA3-A85F-B809DF6264BB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 989 m
- To Distance
- 1,946 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 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
- {6FC47CD7-B9FD-49C9-BB2D-DE8F1ECE43E7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 48 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.597194 -0.637697 51.597193 -0.63769 51.597137 -0.63741 51.597061 -0.637066 51.597054 -0.637034
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 24
- First coordinate pair
- -0.651290, 51.598478
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 24
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 9:14 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 11:27 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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