M40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5, Lane 3 and 2 closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5, Lane 3 and 2 closure.
- Start time
- Mon, Oct 20, 2025 9:15 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Oct 21, 2025 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J6 And J5
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Mon, Oct 20, 2025 7:14 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Oct 20, 2025 10:45 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Oct 21, 2025 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5, Lane 3 and 2 closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.662580, -0.924756
- Latitude span
- 51.662235 – 51.662784
- Longitude span
- -0.929582 – -0.918883
- Bounding box centre
- 51.662510, -0.924233
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J6 and J5
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Oct 20, 2025 9:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Oct 21, 2025 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
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J6 and J5
- 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
- {A6FF0FF8-114B-4D74-814E-E0B986D681D0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 698 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.66253 -0.928869 51.662567 -0.92859 51.662591 -0.92833 51.662641 -0.92788 51.66272 -0.926707 51.662773 -0.925607 51.662784 -0.924826 51.66277 -0.924263 51.66275 -0.923988 51.662702 -0.922732 51.662641 -0.921938 51.662504 -0.920698 51.662378 -0.919761 51.662311 -0.919329 51.662235 -0.918883
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J6 and J5
- 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
- {89AF3616-6E23-42A8-95E2-222FB2F0BDC3}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 377 m
- To Distance
- 428 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.662435 -0.929582 51.66253 -0.928869
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 17
- First coordinate pair
- -0.928869, 51.662530
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 17
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Oct 20, 2025 7:14 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Oct 20, 2025 10:45 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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