M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
- Start time
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 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
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- First published
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 9:56 AM
- Last updated
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 11:52 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.611519, -0.788611
- Latitude span
- 51.610095 – 51.615427
- Longitude span
- -0.803668 – -0.773020
- Bounding box centre
- 51.612761, -0.788344
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound within J4
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,503 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.612235 -0.796244 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
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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7DF9A3E4-9B33-406C-B04A-16E7311924EA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,260 m
- To Distance
- 1,885 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.615427 -0.803668 51.61498 -0.802628 51.614551 -0.801628 51.613764 -0.799795 51.613447 -0.799057 51.613092 -0.798229 51.612585 -0.797073 51.612237 -0.796249 51.612235 -0.796244
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 42
- First coordinate pair
- -0.775445, 51.611265
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 42
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
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 9:56 AM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 11:52 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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