M42 northbound Jct 7a to M6 south link road closure
ClearedM42 northbound Jct 7a to M6 south link road closure
- Start time
- Sat, May 2, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, May 3, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- M6 – Link Road Between M42 J7A Northbound And The M6 J4 Southbound
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, May 1, 2026 12:20 AM
- Last updated
- Sun, May 3, 2026 4:39 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, May 3, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M42 northbound Jct 7a to M6 south link road closure
- Coordinates
- 52.481508, -1.714877
- Latitude span
- 52.477755 – 52.483833
- Longitude span
- -1.718901 – -1.710440
- Bounding box centre
- 52.480794, -1.714671
- Location descriptions
-
- link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
- M6 southbound within J4 after M42 J7A northbound access
- M42 northbound between J7 and J7A
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Sat, May 2, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, May 3, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {53D1328E-EB29-41DD-9FE6-1B95F2D44EDA}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 288 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.481352 -1.718887 52.48128 -1.718872 52.481145 -1.718858 52.481082 -1.718829 52.48101 -1.7188 52.480938 -1.718771 52.480812 -1.718684 52.480659 -1.718552 52.480605 -1.718494 52.480461 -1.718333 52.480316 -1.718142 52.479974 -1.717598 52.479919 -1.717512 52.47935 -1.716396
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J4 after M42 J7A northbound access
- 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
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5956A808-E279-4BF7-9895-CE71F609FF9C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 236 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.478708 -1.714707 52.478563 -1.714311 52.478346 -1.713626 52.478092 -1.712826 52.477755 -1.711596
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J4 after M42 J7A northbound access
- 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
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {13E9F2C3-7D99-4459-A621-CB089261166E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 135 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.47935 -1.716396 52.479133 -1.715853 52.478943 -1.715368 52.478771 -1.714898 52.478708 -1.714707
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A95F4E51-50BC-4E18-9EEC-E0AB50B79949}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 67 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.479964 -1.71044 52.480568 -1.710473
Segment 5
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8F0C21ED-C500-48E5-9FF4-E740790A729B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 283 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.480568 -1.710473 52.481421 -1.710581 52.481441 -1.710584 52.481854 -1.710726 52.482142 -1.710871 52.482304 -1.710973 52.482394 -1.711031 52.482655 -1.711251 52.482818 -1.711441 52.482962 -1.711631
Segment 6
35 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D053D111-05D5-4952-A2C4-0CEEFD77D687}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 678 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.482962 -1.711631 52.483034 -1.711734 52.48307 -1.711793 52.483233 -1.712086 52.483305 -1.712218 52.483395 -1.712439 52.483558 -1.712879 52.483622 -1.7131 52.483676 -1.71332 52.483713 -1.713467 52.483777 -1.713894 52.483822 -1.714306 52.483832 -1.714674 52.483833 -1.714851 52.483824 -1.715086 52.483807 -1.715352 52.483772 -1.715632 52.483745 -1.715808 52.483683 -1.716177 52.483648 -1.716339 52.483558 -1.716664 52.483451 -1.716988 52.483299 -1.717343 52.48312 -1.717653 52.482851 -1.718052 52.4826 -1.718334 52.482385 -1.718527 52.482286 -1.718601 52.482179 -1.718675 52.482089 -1.71872 52.481775 -1.718854 52.481604 -1.718885 52.481505 -1.7189 52.481424 -1.718901 52.481352 -1.718887
Segment 7
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between J7 and J7A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1E1F221E-B652-4297-BC8C-5C3D5D1D57F2}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 23 m
- To Distance
- 245 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.477977 -1.710676 52.478339 -1.710605 52.478357 -1.710601 52.478959 -1.710509 52.479354 -1.710462 52.479964 -1.71044
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 77
- First coordinate pair
- -1.718887, 52.481352
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 77
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Road Improvement Or Upgrading
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 45
- Record created
- Fri, May 1, 2026 12:20 AM
- Record versioned
- Sun, May 3, 2026 4:39 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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