M5 northbound Jct 28 to 27 - lane closure

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M5 northbound Jct 28 to 27 - lane closure

Start time
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:27 PM
Expected end
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
8 hours 33 minutes
Road
M5 – M5 Northbound Between J28 And J27
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:27 PM
Last updated
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:47 PM
Cleared
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M5 northbound Jct 28 to 27 - lane closure
Coordinates
50.879793, -3.380584
Latitude span
50.866893 – 50.890340
Longitude span
-3.383077 – -3.377565
Bounding box centre
50.878617, -3.380321
Location descriptions
  • M5 northbound between J28 and J27
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:27 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
8 hours 33 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

8 coordinate pairs
Description
M5 northbound between J28 and J27
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 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
{B6E9A2A9-AA53-40F8-A6C2-DD7E0472DF3F}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
282 m
To Distance
1,803 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
50.866893 -3.383077
50.869153 -3.382789
50.871378 -3.382457
50.872297 -3.382285
50.872631 -3.382224
50.874082 -3.381954
50.875245 -3.381733
50.880482 -3.380679

Segment 2

10 coordinate pairs
Description
M5 northbound between J28 and J27
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M5
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{4AF6A5AB-32B8-4BC2-8494-3682B68787F3}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
1,119 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
50.880482 -3.380679
50.881314 -3.380513
50.882457 -3.380261
50.883972 -3.379901
50.885416 -3.379475
50.885772 -3.379357
50.887222 -3.378878
50.888511 -3.378361
50.888621 -3.378323
50.89034 -3.377565
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
18
First coordinate pair
-3.383077, 50.866893
Road section segments
1
Road section points
18
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:27 PM
Record versioned
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:47 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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