M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure

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M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure

Start time
Mon, Jan 5, 2026 9:00 PM
Expected end
Tue, Jan 6, 2026 6:00 AM
Duration
9 hours
Road
M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Aug 26, 2025 8:42 AM
Last updated
Tue, Jan 6, 2026 3:36 AM
Cleared
Tue, Jan 6, 2026 6:00 AM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
Coordinates
51.642495, -0.887057
Latitude span
51.634400 – 51.652727
Longitude span
-0.894861 – -0.879368
Bounding box centre
51.643564, -0.887115
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Mon, Jan 5, 2026 9:00 PM
Overall feed end
Tue, Jan 6, 2026 6:00 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

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
{AE5B4FBB-47CA-4893-8984-491ECE9622A2}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
832 m
To Distance
1,543 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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51.651517 -0.893755
51.650837 -0.893223
51.650114 -0.892734
51.648989 -0.892068
51.648567 -0.891818
51.646876 -0.89079

Segment 2

26 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
{E75B78CB-F062-46D2-B271-697BD423A51A}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
1,494 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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51.644614 -0.88927
51.643654 -0.888585
51.643419 -0.888403
51.642794 -0.887927
51.642042 -0.887353
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51.640411 -0.886034
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51.635944 -0.881477
51.635662 -0.881122
51.635206 -0.880512
51.635155 -0.880432
51.635152 -0.880427

Segment 3

3 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
0 m
To Distance
111 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.635152 -0.880427
51.634723 -0.879845
51.6344 -0.879368
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
38
First coordinate pair
-0.894861, 51.652727
Road section segments
1
Road section points
38
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Repair Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
2
Record created
Tue, Aug 26, 2025 8:42 AM
Record versioned
Tue, Jan 6, 2026 3:36 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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