M5 northbound - Lane 1 closure (157/1B to 156/4B)

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M5 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
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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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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