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 7:45 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, May 30, 2026 6:00 PM
- Duration
- 3 days 22 hours 15 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 29, 2026 9:55 AM
- Last updated
- Sat, May 30, 2026 12:15 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, May 30, 2026 6:00 PM
- Latest update: M40 southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.839621, -1.138116
- Latitude span
- 51.836101 – 51.842103
- Longitude span
- -1.144248 – -1.131062
- Bounding box centre
- 51.839102, -1.137655
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Tue, May 26, 2026 7:45 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, May 30, 2026 6:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 3 days 22 hours 15 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
17 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 769 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.841759 -1.143144 51.841757 -1.143137 51.841728 -1.143049 51.841379 -1.142025 51.840985 -1.140959 51.840609 -1.139964 51.84038 -1.139417 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
3 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
- {9994A27B-1BAD-447E-8969-AF51D25B4F93}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 848 m
- To Distance
- 933 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.842103 -1.144248 51.841922 -1.143655 51.841759 -1.143144
Segment 3
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
- {FCAAF105-39D2-442F-82C0-91CD46CA55ED}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 277 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 51.836101 -1.131062
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 24
- First coordinate pair
- -1.143144, 51.841759
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 24
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
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 6
- Record created
- Fri, May 29, 2026 9:55 AM
- Record versioned
- Sat, May 30, 2026 12:15 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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