M42 northbound Jct 5a to Jct 9 carriageway closure
ClearedM42 northbound Jct 5a to Jct 9 carriageway closure
- Start time
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Aug 18, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 seconds
- Road
- M42 – M42 Northbound Between J5 And J6
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Construction Work
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- First published
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 9:07 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026 3:50 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: M42 northbound Jct 5a to Jct 9 carriageway closure
- Coordinates
- 52.440049, -1.713212
- Latitude span
- 52.437062 – 52.442649
- Longitude span
- -1.714710 – -1.711844
- Bounding box centre
- 52.439856, -1.713277
- Location descriptions
-
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- M42 J6 northbound exit
- A45 westbound access from M42
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Aug 18, 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J5 and J6
- 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
- {60A2004B-49EE-40C9-8D3A-066B47914D68}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 491 m
- To Distance
- 995 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.437062 -1.71471 52.437138 -1.714681 52.437865 -1.714382 52.438548 -1.714128 52.438952 -1.713934 52.43923 -1.7138 52.439778 -1.713487 52.440819 -1.712789 52.441348 -1.712389
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 J6 northbound exit
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {2B5910FB-E01B-4C61-8FC9-531CD2CFF827}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 74 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.441348 -1.712389 52.441941 -1.712164 52.442004 -1.712134
Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- A45 westbound access from M42
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane 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
- {0DF7BBAF-1ED8-4B65-B7F6-566771FB2996}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 74 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.442004 -1.712134 52.442649 -1.711844
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 14
- First coordinate pair
- -1.714710, 52.437062
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 14
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-1.71471,
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Construction Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 32
- Record created
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 9:07 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Aug 17, 2026 3:50 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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