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
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
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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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
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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
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51.61218 -0.796116
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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
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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
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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
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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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