M5 northbound Jct 4a to M42 link road closure
ClearedM5 northbound Jct 4a to M42 link road closure
- Start time
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Feb 13, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M42 – Link Road From M5 J4A Northbound To M42 Northbound
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jan 29, 2026 3:05 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 8:27 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Feb 13, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M5 northbound Jct 4a to M42 link road closure
- Coordinates
- 52.350985, -2.070067
- Latitude span
- 52.345250 – 52.355875
- Longitude span
- -2.079384 – -2.055607
- Bounding box centre
- 52.350563, -2.067496
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- M5 northbound between J5 and J4A
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Feb 13, 2026 6:00 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 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
- {E28513AA-4319-4F13-B0DA-AFBCAE747543}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 461 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.35199 -2.071684 52.352287 -2.071083 52.352395 -2.070863 52.352575 -2.070423 52.352692 -2.0701 52.352827 -2.069674 52.352989 -2.069058 52.353377 -2.067487 52.353746 -2.065976 52.353827 -2.065653
Segment 2
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {2A2153F4-B9C4-4E24-BC99-3DDF99431F02}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 405 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.348527 -2.074453 52.348716 -2.074336 52.348815 -2.074277 52.349264 -2.074058 52.349948 -2.073766 52.350307 -2.073561 52.350559 -2.0734 52.350793 -2.073224 52.350982 -2.073048 52.351117 -2.072901 52.351441 -2.072535 52.351639 -2.072256 52.351801 -2.072007
Segment 3
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 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
- {C66A4563-DDEE-4498-BA60-4160F5BC7E62}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 122 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.347564 -2.075317 52.347627 -2.075244 52.34769 -2.075171 52.347816 -2.075039 52.347951 -2.074922 52.34805 -2.074819 52.348068 -2.074805 52.348188 -2.074712 52.34841 -2.074541 52.348527 -2.074453
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {85BC7A82-498B-4211-85FB-C9F5BDE0B715}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 66 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354431 -2.063304 52.354656 -2.062394
Segment 5
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 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
- {25867D53-B975-4359-9B05-7C1ACB6DF6A6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 173 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.353827 -2.065653 52.35417 -2.064288 52.354206 -2.06417 52.354431 -2.063304
Segment 6
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- 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
- {028AB3BB-377A-4B45-956B-04A123BB6A2D}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 482 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.354656 -2.062394 52.355061 -2.060618 52.35517 -2.060149 52.355332 -2.059385 52.355377 -2.059165 52.355584 -2.057961 52.355692 -2.057242 52.355751 -2.056772 52.355801 -2.056376 52.355864 -2.05573 52.355875 -2.055607
Segment 7
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M42
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {89DDEA7D-CECF-4B52-A301-CB15DED77748}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 30 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.351801 -2.072007 52.35199 -2.071684
Segment 8
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J5 and J4A
- 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
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {6A557648-D3E9-4134-97F5-9B32F4E53BBC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 944 m
- To Distance
- 1,323 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 63
- First coordinate pair
- -2.071684, 52.351990
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 63
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Jan 29, 2026 3:05 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 8:27 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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