M5 northbound Jct 18 - lane closure
ClearedM5 northbound Jct 18 - lane closure
- Start time
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:01 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 5 hours 49 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M5 – Link Road From A4/A403 To M49/M5
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 3 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:01 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 12:29 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 1:50 AM
- Latest update: M5 northbound Jct 18 - lane closure
- Coordinates
- 51.499780, -2.683819
- Latitude span
- 51.499633 – 51.499914
- Longitude span
- -2.685175 – -2.681392
- Bounding box centre
- 51.499774, -2.683284
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from A4/A403 to M49/M5
- connector at M5 J18/M49/A4
- link road from A4/A403 to M49/M5 northbound
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:01 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from A4/A403 to M49/M5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {31E646C8-73D0-47CA-A350-8CE3C66CE58E}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 84 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.499792 -2.68432 51.499773 -2.684025 51.499715 -2.683109
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- connector at M5 J18/M49/A4
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {119E1028-95E0-4807-A5DA-CEA1CD53F59A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 306 m
- To Distance
- 367 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.499914 -2.685175 51.499904 -2.6851 51.499792 -2.68432
Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from A4/A403 to M49/M5 northbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {6C272D5C-EDC9-452F-AFF0-96C33A724018}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 119 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.499715 -2.683109 51.499633 -2.681392
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 8
- First coordinate pair
- -2.684320, 51.499792
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 8
View geometry JSON
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51.499792
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View road section coordinates
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-2.68432,
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],
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:01 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 12:29 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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