M40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5 lane 1 and 2 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5 lane 1 and 2 closure
- Start time
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 9:15 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 15 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
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- First published
- Wed, Aug 26, 2026 8:07 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 3:56 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 4:30 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5 lane 1 and 2 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.675345, -0.962890
- Latitude span
- 51.671528 – 51.679888
- Longitude span
- -0.967563 – -0.959956
- Bounding box centre
- 51.675708, -0.963760
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- M40 southbound within J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 9:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 7, 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {506635B0-35E6-4EF3-ACBA-141CD5753ED1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,154 m
- To Distance
- 1,821 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.679888 -0.967563 51.67961 -0.967153 51.679364 -0.966812 51.679071 -0.966401 51.678819 -0.966048 51.678324 -0.96543 51.677588 -0.964608 51.677002 -0.963956 51.675941 -0.962946 51.674935 -0.962183
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J6
- 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
- {1CAE5C6B-4C87-4537-BE83-86D2520F62EF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 115 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.672493 -0.960576 51.672285 -0.960436 51.671897 -0.960199 51.671634 -0.960032 51.671528 -0.959956
Segment 3
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J6
- 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
- {1371EBC5-6EE9-4278-B51C-EB1D3161C360}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 279 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.674818 -0.962099 51.674356 -0.961734 51.67422 -0.961636 51.673885 -0.961412 51.673479 -0.961161 51.672493 -0.960576
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- 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
- {003527D1-659A-4B84-A63F-81643A209C54}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 14 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.674935 -0.962183 51.674899 -0.962155 51.674818 -0.962099
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 24
- First coordinate pair
- -0.967563, 51.679888
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 24
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Aug 26, 2026 8:07 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 3:56 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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