M40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 J5 Southbound Exit
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 1:47 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:49 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road
- Coordinates
- 51.659627, -0.908562
- Latitude span
- 51.658078 – 51.660983
- Longitude span
- -0.912291 – -0.903916
- Bounding box centre
- 51.659531, -0.908104
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 J5 southbound exit
- M40 J5 southbound access
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 J5 southbound exit
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {8F80F15B-7CA9-439A-9A58-299663D429E7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 20 m
- To Distance
- 46 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.660983 -0.912291 51.660915 -0.912263 51.660852 -0.912222 51.660779 -0.912122
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 J5 southbound access
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {BD5CA716-747C-46D2-B527-F44088858FDD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 480 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.660779 -0.912122 51.660316 -0.91063 51.660029 -0.909755 51.659788 -0.909057 51.659031 -0.906858 51.658737 -0.906002
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {78BD5207-76B6-4C51-AE59-D59BA8BA8DFB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 161 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.658737 -0.906002 51.65866 -0.905725 51.658419 -0.904936 51.658299 -0.904534 51.658078 -0.903916
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 15
- First coordinate pair
- -0.912291, 51.660983
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 15
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 1:47 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:49 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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