M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure

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M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure

Start time
Thu, Dec 18, 2025 10:15 PM
Expected end
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 6:00 AM
Duration
7 hours 45 minutes
Road
M40 – M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
1 of 3 lanes affected, 1 of 4 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Dec 9, 2025 3:35 PM
Last updated
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 12:16 AM
Cleared
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 6:00 AM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
Coordinates
51.602973, -0.690084
Latitude span
51.601960 – 51.603488
Longitude span
-0.693376 – -0.686343
Bounding box centre
51.602724, -0.689860
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound between J4 and J3
  • M40 southbound between J3 and J2
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Thu, Dec 18, 2025 10:15 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 6:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours 45 minutes
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

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J4 and J3
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 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
{7BF36F41-17A5-4720-858D-FA8776B0873F}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
17 m
To Distance
152 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.603488 -0.693376
51.603483 -0.693304
51.60343 -0.692627
51.603339 -0.691705
51.603309 -0.691446

Segment 2

12 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J3 and J2
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
4 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
{2C48279E-366D-4994-9488-9A2A0A1AF7DE}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
386 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.603309 -0.691446
51.60328 -0.691245
51.603173 -0.690511
51.603096 -0.69008
51.60303 -0.689808
51.602907 -0.689292
51.602785 -0.688819
51.602636 -0.688303
51.602552 -0.688031
51.602421 -0.687645
51.602347 -0.687445
51.60196 -0.686343
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
17
First coordinate pair
-0.693376, 51.603488
Road section segments
1
Road section points
17
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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            -0.693376,
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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
Tue, Dec 9, 2025 3:35 PM
Record versioned
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 12:16 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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