M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4 Hard shoulder closure

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M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4 Hard shoulder closure

Start time
Tue, Oct 14, 2025 8:50 AM
Expected end
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 10:59 PM
Duration
1 week 2 days 14 hours
Road
M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Reason
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Mon, Oct 20, 2025 1:59 PM
Last updated
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 1:54 PM
Cleared
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 10:59 PM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4 Hard shoulder closure
Coordinates
51.625333, -0.837216
Latitude span
51.625124 – 51.625847
Longitude span
-0.842754 – -0.830981
Bounding box centre
51.625486, -0.836868
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Tue, Oct 14, 2025 8:50 AM
Overall feed end
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 10:59 PM
Feed window length
1 week 2 days 14 hours
Probability code (raw)
certain
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

8 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Rh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Opposite
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
4 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
{0E1769D1-FF55-4CEA-A137-797BD6805780}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
348 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.625152 -0.835991
51.625175 -0.835514
51.625221 -0.83479
51.625366 -0.833082
51.625411 -0.832113
51.625414 -0.831506
51.62542 -0.831246
51.625411 -0.830981

Segment 2

15 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Rh
Lane Number
0
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Opposite
Lanes Restricted
0 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
4 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
{EFE4E324-A782-4BD5-86BC-63C84A6E324B}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
273 m
To Distance
752 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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51.625699 -0.842174
51.625633 -0.841887
51.62552 -0.841327
51.625416 -0.840795
51.625338 -0.840248
51.6253 -0.839989
51.625241 -0.839485
51.625221 -0.83924
51.62518 -0.838749
51.625136 -0.837985
51.625129 -0.837306
51.625124 -0.836728
51.625144 -0.836092
51.625152 -0.835991
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
23
First coordinate pair
-0.835991, 51.625152
Road section segments
1
Road section points
23
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
2
Record created
Mon, Oct 20, 2025 1:59 PM
Record versioned
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 1:54 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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