M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 30 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Within J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jun 4, 2026 4:10 AM
- Last updated
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 4:05 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 4:30 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.612575, -0.741874
- Latitude span
- 51.610346 – 51.614715
- Longitude span
- -0.763149 – -0.721197
- Bounding box centre
- 51.612531, -0.742173
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound within J4
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane 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
- {2DF94655-DFC6-42D5-979D-0C27A8E9DDCE}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 323 m
- To Distance
- 456 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.613194 -0.763149 51.613322 -0.762405 51.613373 -0.762074 51.613448 -0.761578 51.61349 -0.761288
Segment 2
20 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
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C25C0F84-5D47-44F9-9188-AABE95730AAF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 847 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
23 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3C0A2FD9-5AA3-4A24-9F09-2BD275B51D79}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 976 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
2 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AFF1A8DA-CCFC-423A-9F50-362025013A08}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 64 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.61076 -0.722123 51.610808 -0.721197
Segment 5
21 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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C56D6C52-AED0-4CF4-8BB7-0E05B028A253}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,002 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 71
- First coordinate pair
- -0.763149, 51.613194
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 71
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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
- Thu, Jun 4, 2026 4:10 AM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 4:05 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 Southbound Jct 14 to Jct 13 hardshoulder closure.
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M40 Southbound Jct 14 to Jct 13 hardshoulder closure.
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M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
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M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
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