M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane closure

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M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane closure

Start time
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 9:15 PM
Expected end
Fri, Oct 23, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
2 seconds
Road
M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 9:35 AM
Last updated
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 8:02 PM
Cleared
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 9:15 PM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane closure
Coordinates
51.611051, -0.789339
Latitude span
51.610095 – 51.612822
Longitude span
-0.797614 – -0.775767
Bounding box centre
51.611459, -0.786691
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 9:15 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Oct 23, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours 45 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

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
1,480 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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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
51.611211 -0.775767

Segment 2

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
{7DF9A3E4-9B33-406C-B04A-16E7311924EA}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,770 m
To Distance
1,885 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.612822 -0.797614
51.612585 -0.797073
51.612237 -0.796249
51.612235 -0.796244
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
31
First coordinate pair
-0.796244, 51.612235
Road section segments
1
Road section points
31
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
1
Record created
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 9:35 AM
Record versioned
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 8:02 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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