M40 Southbound Jct 5 exit slip road closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 5 exit slip road closure.
- Start time
- Wed, May 20, 2026 9:15 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Road
- M40 – M40 J5 Southbound Exit
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Sat, Apr 5, 2025 6:16 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, May 20, 2026 11:36 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 exit slip road closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.661674, -0.915817
- Latitude span
- 51.661089 – 51.662235
- Longitude span
- -0.918883 – -0.912506
- Bounding box centre
- 51.661662, -0.915695
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 J5 southbound exit
- M40 southbound between J6 and J5
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, May 20, 2026 9:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, May 21, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 J5 southbound exit
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {122CF5A7-BE02-49FA-8202-6ECA7A4E024A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 359 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.661962 -0.917501 51.661895 -0.917054 51.661678 -0.915946 51.661498 -0.915011 51.661412 -0.914478 51.661306 -0.913656 51.661248 -0.913267 51.661163 -0.912836 51.661089 -0.912506
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J6 and J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {A6FF0FF8-114B-4D74-814E-E0B986D681D0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 698 m
- To Distance
- 798 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.662235 -0.918883 51.662235 -0.918882 51.662084 -0.918105 51.661962 -0.917501
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 13
- First coordinate pair
- -0.917501, 51.661962
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 13
View geometry JSON
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51.661248
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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
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sat, Apr 5, 2025 6:16 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, May 20, 2026 11:36 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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