M5 northbound Jct 21 to 20 - lane closure 161/5-159/3
ClearedM5 northbound Jct 21 to 20 - lane closure 161/5-159/3
- Start time
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 1 second
- Road
- M5 – M5 Northbound Between J21 And J20
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026 9:41 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 1:50 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: M5 northbound Jct 21 to 20 - lane closure 161/5-159/3
- Coordinates
- 51.393076, -2.860393
- Latitude span
- 51.384689 – 51.400821
- Longitude span
- -2.870741 – -2.854430
- Bounding box centre
- 51.392755, -2.862586
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Sep 22, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {21E1FDFA-97FE-49F4-8FBA-7D3F045C1B79}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,497 m
- To Distance
- 2,328 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.384689 -2.870741 51.384765 -2.870595 51.385576 -2.869159 51.386241 -2.868022 51.387105 -2.866658 51.387251 -2.866446 51.388368 -2.864857 51.389258 -2.863681 51.389857 -2.862916 51.39013 -2.862595
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {8AC49049-1D7A-4B51-8F49-73CB09DC8CC1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 344 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.397867 -2.855923 51.398273 -2.855689 51.398544 -2.855533 51.398905 -2.855353 51.399636 -2.854979 51.399879 -2.854868 51.400821 -2.85443
Segment 3
19 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {A0B0A2F4-E970-4ED3-9B14-9F761C12988A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 981 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.39013 -2.862595 51.390139 -2.862584 51.390374 -2.862308 51.391091 -2.861488 51.391526 -2.861022 51.391943 -2.860589 51.392151 -2.860372 51.392903 -2.859653 51.393238 -2.859344 51.393853 -2.858795 51.394197 -2.858499 51.394957 -2.857881 51.395291 -2.857628 51.395789 -2.857278 51.396638 -2.856691 51.396647 -2.856684 51.397009 -2.856439 51.39784 -2.855937 51.397867 -2.855923
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 36
- First coordinate pair
- -2.870741, 51.384689
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 36
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026 9:41 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Sep 21, 2026 1:50 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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