M40 Southbound, Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder closure
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder closure
- Start time
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026 8:30 AM
- Expected end
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026 2:30 PM
- Duration
- 5 hours 50 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Thu, Aug 27, 2026 6:49 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026 2:02 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026 2:20 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.610834, -0.734108
- Latitude span
- 51.610405 – 51.611267
- Longitude span
- -0.736747 – -0.730434
- Bounding box centre
- 51.610836, -0.733591
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026 8:30 AM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Sep 14, 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- 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
- 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
- 398 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.611112 -0.736059 51.611022 -0.73559 51.610917 -0.735001 51.61084 -0.734541 51.610792 -0.734225 51.610695 -0.733621 51.610556 -0.732325 51.610495 -0.731706 51.61041 -0.730538 51.610405 -0.730434
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J4 and J3
- 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 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
- 796 m
- To Distance
- 847 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.611267 -0.736747 51.611222 -0.736553 51.611112 -0.736059
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 13
- First coordinate pair
- -0.736059, 51.611112
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 13
View geometry JSON
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51.61084
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51.610792
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View road section coordinates
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-0.736059,
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],
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-0.735001,
51.610917
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],
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],
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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
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Aug 27, 2026 6:49 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026 2:02 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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