M40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6 hard shoulder closure
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6 hard shoulder closure
- Start time
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 12:51 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 11:46 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 6:00 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6 hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.718326, -1.030166
- Latitude span
- 51.715940 – 51.720423
- Longitude span
- -1.037060 – -1.023657
- Bounding box centre
- 51.718182, -1.030359
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 5 days 4 hours 59 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
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {90569FD3-F123-49DD-8D21-BFF237217120}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,004 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.720274 -1.036367 51.720115 -1.035733 51.719741 -1.034244 51.719261 -1.032537 51.718836 -1.031124 51.718817 -1.031062 51.718403 -1.029806 51.717759 -1.027995 51.717447 -1.027177 51.717144 -1.026416 51.716666 -1.025269 51.716153 -1.024122 51.71597 -1.02372 51.71594 -1.023657
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {C3F2A012-EB92-4B47-BE86-94D9DB707247}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,116 m
- To Distance
- 1,167 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.720423 -1.03706 51.720274 -1.036367
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 16
- First coordinate pair
- -1.036367, 51.720274
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 16
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-1.036367,
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]
]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Wed, Jul 15, 2026 12:51 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Jul 26, 2026 11:46 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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