M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4, hardshoulder closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4, hardshoulder closure
- Start time
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 1 day 3 hours 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, Feb 4, 2026 8:14 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 8:37 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 9:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4, hardshoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.625268, -0.834602
- Latitude span
- 51.625124 – 51.625420
- Longitude span
- -0.839732 – -0.829494
- Bounding box centre
- 51.625272, -0.834613
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 2 days 16 hours 59 minutes
- 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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 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
- 492 m
- To Distance
- 752 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.62527 -0.839732 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
Segment 2
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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 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
- 451 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 51.625407 -0.83087 51.625406 -0.830697 51.625393 -0.830336 51.625342 -0.829702 51.625323 -0.829494
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -0.839732, 51.625270
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 21
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
- 2
- Record created
- Wed, Feb 4, 2026 8:14 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 8:37 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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