M42 northbound Jct 3a to M40 southbound link road road carriageway closure
ClearedM42 northbound Jct 3a to M40 southbound link road road carriageway closure
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 1 second
- Road
- M40 – Link Road From M42 J3A Northbound To M40 Southbound
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 7:38 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 6:35 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: M42 northbound Jct 3a to M40 southbound link road road carriageway closure
- Coordinates
- 52.347342, -1.807414
- Latitude span
- 52.345596 – 52.347824
- Longitude span
- -1.820494 – -1.796614
- Bounding box centre
- 52.346710, -1.808554
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M42 J3A northbound to M40 southbound
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- M42 northbound between J3 and J3A
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M42 J3A northbound to M40 southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {5E7F88FC-FAF3-42EC-BE01-E490230FAD6A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 234 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.34771 -1.806552 52.347692 -1.806302 52.347528 -1.804805 52.347466 -1.804299 52.347318 -1.803177
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M42 J3A northbound to M40 southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {6D73E3AB-CBEA-4EB3-A6FA-AB01C6EB41EC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 254 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.347612 -1.815993 52.347631 -1.815228 52.347643 -1.814758 52.347756 -1.812306 52.347756 -1.812262
Segment 3
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {9EC85EA8-765F-4FDC-9F8E-D63248D2B01A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 488 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.347318 -1.803177 52.347282 -1.802913 52.347092 -1.801945 52.346919 -1.801153 52.346856 -1.800918 52.346603 -1.799848 52.346476 -1.799253 52.346277 -1.798689 52.346159 -1.798264 52.345915 -1.797546 52.345798 -1.79718 52.345596 -1.796614
Segment 4
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J3 and J3A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {43BC30E1-D300-456F-AEA4-BE4D25A73358}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 400 m
- To Distance
- 706 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.34749 -1.820494 52.347489 -1.820293 52.347514 -1.818869 52.347605 -1.816145 52.347612 -1.815993
Segment 5
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M42 J3A northbound to M40 southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {DA77FF78-4910-456E-96D1-E462141FDE1E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 59 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.347762 -1.807421 52.347747 -1.80708 52.347736 -1.806904 52.347729 -1.806786 52.34771 -1.806552
Segment 6
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M42 J3A northbound to M40 southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {08007663-D81D-4951-BC60-C19FAA892AB4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 330 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 41
- First coordinate pair
- -1.806552, 52.347710
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 41
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 7:38 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026 6:35 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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