M40 Southbound Jct 7 to Jct 6 lane 1 closure

Planned

M40 Southbound Jct 7 to Jct 6 lane 1 closure

Start time
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 8:00 PM
Expected end
Sat, Oct 17, 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
1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 11:10 AM
Last updated
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 6:32 AM
Cleared
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 7 to Jct 6 lane 1 closure
Coordinates
51.710741, -1.014614
Latitude span
51.708511 – 51.713625
Longitude span
-1.019234 – -1.010590
Bounding box centre
51.711068, -1.014912
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound between J7 and J6
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 8:00 PM
Overall feed end
Sat, Oct 17, 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

11 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J7 and J6
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 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
{33E4CF44-323E-4BB5-BF70-3F0FB76025A6}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
353 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.710568 -1.014482
51.710568 -1.014482
51.710561 -1.014472
51.710351 -1.014113
51.710269 -1.013972
51.710063 -1.0136
51.709666 -1.012885
51.709082 -1.011783
51.708917 -1.011454
51.708817 -1.011254
51.708511 -1.01059

Segment 2

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J7 and J6
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 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
{BD3A75F6-97F2-4F8E-A893-A2A2B8FF429E}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
50 m
To Distance
523 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.713625 -1.019234
51.713604 -1.019197
51.713057 -1.018326
51.712264 -1.017069
51.711654 -1.016171
51.71119 -1.015486
51.710568 -1.014482
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
18
First coordinate pair
-1.014482, 51.710568
Road section segments
1
Road section points
18
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
2
Record created
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 11:10 AM
Record versioned
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 6:32 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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