M40 southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure

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M40 southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure

Start time
Tue, Dec 9, 2025 8:00 PM
Expected end
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 6:00 AM
Duration
10 hours
Road
M40 – M40 Southbound Within J4
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 1 lanes affected, 2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Nov 4, 2025 5:12 AM
Last updated
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 5:36 AM
Cleared
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 6:00 AM
  • Latest update: M40 southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure
Coordinates
51.610953, -0.785669
Latitude span
51.610095 – 51.612229
Longitude span
-0.796229 – -0.773020
Bounding box centre
51.611162, -0.784625
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound within J4
  • M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Tue, Dec 9, 2025 8:00 PM
Overall feed end
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 6:00 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

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound within J4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes 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
{1209F272-E56C-47B6-B284-5FC9AF1413CD}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
172 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.611265 -0.775445
51.611273 -0.775372
51.611432 -0.774256
51.6115 -0.773835
51.611601 -0.773168
51.611624 -0.77302

Segment 2

27 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes 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
{C370B932-2801-4D20-B076-A1386A9280DF}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1 m
To Distance
1,503 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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51.61218 -0.796116
51.611977 -0.795601
51.611931 -0.795487
51.611644 -0.794715
51.611561 -0.794471
51.611357 -0.793856
51.611123 -0.793053
51.610937 -0.792365
51.610786 -0.791719
51.610766 -0.791619
51.610568 -0.790627
51.610434 -0.789837
51.610281 -0.788642
51.610238 -0.788311
51.610187 -0.787706
51.610144 -0.78697
51.610106 -0.785975
51.610095 -0.784921
51.610113 -0.78404
51.610127 -0.783635
51.610158 -0.783128
51.610237 -0.782115
51.610387 -0.780927
51.610918 -0.777519
51.611011 -0.776953
51.611265 -0.775445
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
33
First coordinate pair
-0.775445, 51.611265
Road section segments
1
Road section points
33
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
Tue, Nov 4, 2025 5:12 AM
Record versioned
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 5:36 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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