M5 northbound - Lane 1 closure (157/1B to 156/4B)
ClearedM5 northbound - Lane 1 closure (157/1B to 156/4B)
- Start time
- Wed, May 27, 2026 6:48 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, May 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours 12 minutes
- Road
- M5 – M5 Northbound Between J21 And J20
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Wed, May 27, 2026 6:48 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, May 28, 2026 3:21 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, May 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M5 northbound - Lane 1 closure (157/1B to 156/4B)
- Coordinates
- 51.422509, -2.846457
- Latitude span
- 51.419407 – 51.425737
- Longitude span
- -2.848699 – -2.844090
- Bounding box centre
- 51.422572, -2.846395
- Location descriptions
-
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, May 27, 2026 6:48 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, May 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours 12 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {9621140C-72F2-4C9F-88EC-F4F888C9D136}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 679 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.419635 -2.848548 51.41988 -2.848381 51.420964 -2.847582 51.422314 -2.846614 51.422393 -2.846558 51.424119 -2.845281 51.425195 -2.84451
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {8AC49049-1D7A-4B51-8F49-73CB09DC8CC1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 2,458 m
- To Distance
- 2,486 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.419407 -2.848699 51.419635 -2.848548
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 northbound between J21 and J20
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- 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
- {3AB0C0CA-3660-48C3-B3F9-909EFFF3A547}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 66 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.425195 -2.84451 51.425638 -2.844164 51.425737 -2.84409
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 12
- First coordinate pair
- -2.848548, 51.419635
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 12
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
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, May 27, 2026 6:48 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, May 28, 2026 3:21 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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