M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 2 and 3 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 2 and 3 closure
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 10:08 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:04 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:30 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 2 and 3 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.626689, -0.850051
- Latitude span
- 51.625124 – 51.629289
- Longitude span
- -0.869190 – -0.833820
- Bounding box centre
- 51.627207, -0.851505
- Location descriptions
-
- 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 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
- {0E1769D1-FF55-4CEA-A137-797BD6805780}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 151 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 51.625304 -0.83382
Segment 2
20 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
- 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 752 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
9 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7624A3E8-B2EE-45F0-B73E-A45247075BBC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 551 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
19 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {DF4BBAA7-7456-41C2-8AEF-22C4AA2F3A52}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 884 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
5 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {EE050663-D30B-48AE-ADD6-D2A2C032A2F8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,019 m
- To Distance
- 1,219 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.629289 -0.86919 51.629119 -0.868714 51.628873 -0.868027 51.628503 -0.86688 51.628437 -0.866658
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 57
- First coordinate pair
- -0.835991, 51.625152
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 57
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 10:08 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 4:04 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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