M40 southbound, Jct 8 to Jct 6, lane 3 closure
ClearedM40 southbound, Jct 8 to Jct 6, lane 3 closure
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 9:15 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 6 hours 10 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 10:15 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 3:06 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 3:25 AM
- Latest update: M40 southbound, Jct 8 to Jct 6, lane 3 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.723277, -1.049539
- Latitude span
- 51.710992 – 51.734497
- Longitude span
- -1.085160 – -1.015166
- Bounding box centre
- 51.722745, -1.050163
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- M40 southbound between J8 and J7
- M40 southbound between J8A and J8
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 9:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 6 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 456 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.713933 -1.01977 51.713932 -1.019769 51.713604 -1.019197 51.713057 -1.018326 51.712264 -1.017069 51.711654 -1.016171 51.71119 -1.015486 51.710992 -1.015166
Segment 2
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {C3F2A012-EB92-4B47-BE86-94D9DB707247}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,167 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.723157 -1.052593 51.722869 -1.051383 51.722607 -1.050201 51.722513 -1.049722 51.722345 -1.04886 51.722213 -1.04811 51.72188 -1.045917 51.721871 -1.04583 51.721852 -1.045715 51.721584 -1.04378 51.721423 -1.042597 51.721355 -1.042091 51.721203 -1.041096 51.720927 -1.039571 51.720718 -1.03848 51.720491 -1.037373 51.720274 -1.036367
Segment 3
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8 and J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {BA6F78B5-F685-4985-9631-976991BA04E0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 345 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.72632 -1.061653 51.725728 -1.060314 51.725562 -1.059897 51.725443 -1.059596 51.724985 -1.058462 51.724635 -1.057457
Segment 4
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8A and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {4D22F0A9-9BCE-4A35-915A-49CA6DBE6C44}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 517 m
- To Distance
- 686 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.734497 -1.08516 51.73441 -1.084911 51.734179 -1.084192 51.733856 -1.082944
Segment 5
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8 and J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {9844D55F-10EF-4E69-B612-43EB9363EC6B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,022 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.731553 -1.073819 51.73136 -1.07323 51.731139 -1.07264 51.731057 -1.072425 51.730626 -1.071406 51.730022 -1.070028 51.729226 -1.068265 51.728558 -1.066786 51.728402 -1.066427 51.727852 -1.065159 51.727742 -1.064906 51.727065 -1.063342 51.726478 -1.062007 51.72632 -1.061653
Segment 6
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8 and J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {D5F0A925-36DE-4E7D-B153-D69E33630A4A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 374 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.724635 -1.057457 51.724628 -1.057439 51.72436 -1.05672 51.724196 -1.05624 51.723929 -1.055397 51.723749 -1.054795 51.723568 -1.054162 51.723379 -1.05343 51.723157 -1.052593
Segment 7
21 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- 1,354 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 51.715714 -1.023176 51.71522 -1.022159 51.714937 -1.0216 51.714425 -1.020641 51.714361 -1.020527 51.71396 -1.019812 51.713939 -1.019779 51.713933 -1.01977
Segment 8
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8A and J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {03B09D51-5271-45CE-A7BB-D345628107BC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 681 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 90
- First coordinate pair
- -1.019770, 51.713933
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 90
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- Other
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- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 10:15 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 3:06 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Planned Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Starts in 3 hours 49 minutes
Starts 5 Aug 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 3 and 2 closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 northbound, Jct 5 exit slip road closure
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 J5 Northbound Exit
Starts in 3 hours 49 minutes
Starts 5 Aug 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00
M40 northbound, Jct 5 exit slip road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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