M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
- Start time
- Mon, May 18, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, May 26, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 1 week 1 day 4 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J9 And J8A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Thu, May 21, 2026 2:21 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, May 25, 2026 10:52 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, May 26, 2026 10:59 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.835732, -1.130099
- Latitude span
- 51.832836 – 51.838616
- Longitude span
- -1.135600 – -1.124128
- Bounding box centre
- 51.835726, -1.129864
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Mon, May 18, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, May 26, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 1 week 1 day 4 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0278D843-0751-4C8A-9B92-0FA614CA3C67}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 113 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.833408 -1.125487 51.833207 -1.124997 51.83285 -1.124162 51.832836 -1.124128
Segment 2
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {FCAAF105-39D2-442F-82C0-91CD46CA55ED}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 764 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.837774 -1.134047 51.837359 -1.133335 51.83674 -1.132244 51.836056 -1.13098 51.835865 -1.130592 51.835372 -1.129658 51.834833 -1.128565 51.834322 -1.127515 51.833874 -1.126537 51.833408 -1.125487
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {17AECF8A-FEBB-4DD6-95AF-7235B62207BD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 627 m
- To Distance
- 769 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.838616 -1.1356 51.838535 -1.135446 51.838216 -1.134843 51.837869 -1.134211 51.837774 -1.134047
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 19
- First coordinate pair
- -1.125487, 51.833408
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 19
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Thu, May 21, 2026 2:21 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, May 25, 2026 10:52 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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