M40 southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure
ClearedM40 southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure
- Start time
- Tue, May 26, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, May 29, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 3 days 4 hours 59 minutes
- 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
- Fri, May 22, 2026 11:47 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, May 28, 2026 4:53 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, May 29, 2026 10:59 PM
- Latest update: M40 southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.837749, -1.134085
- Latitude span
- 51.834397 – 51.840269
- Longitude span
- -1.139153 – -1.127668
- Bounding box centre
- 51.837333, -1.133411
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Tue, May 26, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, May 29, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 3 days 4 hours 59 minutes
- 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
11 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
- 321 m
- To Distance
- 769 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.840269 -1.139153 51.840161 -1.138899 51.839767 -1.137977 51.839447 -1.137287 51.839192 -1.13674 51.838881 -1.136122 51.838717 -1.135791 51.838535 -1.135446 51.838216 -1.134843 51.837869 -1.134211 51.837774 -1.134047
Segment 2
8 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
- 578 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 51.834397 -1.127668
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 19
- First coordinate pair
- -1.139153, 51.840269
- 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
- Fri, May 22, 2026 11:47 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, May 28, 2026 4:53 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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