M40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, lane 1 and 2 closure.
PlannedM40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, lane 1 and 2 closure.
- Start time
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Aug 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Mon, Jun 1, 2026 8:28 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 2:46 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Aug 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, lane 1 and 2 closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.687557, -0.976764
- Latitude span
- 51.675555 – 51.701289
- Longitude span
- -0.993981 – -0.962653
- Bounding box centre
- 51.688422, -0.978317
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Aug 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- 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
17 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
- {342D51DD-C894-4FE8-8E78-403ACEE4BC89}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 695 m
- To Distance
- 2,555 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
22 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,745 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 39
- First coordinate pair
- -0.993981, 51.701289
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 39
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, Jun 1, 2026 8:28 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 2:46 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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