M5 southbound Jct 4a link to M42 northbound link road closure
ClearedM5 southbound Jct 4a link to M42 northbound link road closure
- Start time
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 7:47 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 13 minutes
- Road
- M42 – Link Road From M5 J4A Southbound 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
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 7:48 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 1:54 AM
- Cleared
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M5 southbound Jct 4a link to M42 northbound link road closure
- Coordinates
- 52.355740, -2.066136
- Latitude span
- 52.354214 – 52.361351
- Longitude span
- -2.069813 – -2.055773
- Bounding box centre
- 52.357783, -2.062793
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- M42 northbound between M5 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 7:47 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 13 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- 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
- {6831392C-B296-4F31-BAA9-38C25BD3E75C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 358 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M5 J4A southbound to M42 northbound
- 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
- {7C350ECA-B9D3-4DAB-BA33-BDFB261E4819}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 352 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {45DC0CF6-8AA6-4A27-9B69-41AA0E7A9B10}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 563 m
- To Distance
- 762 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.361351 -2.068619 52.35984 -2.069083 52.359597 -2.069156
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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M5 southbound between J4 and J4A
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 4 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M5
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4450B71B-CE99-417D-BB54-FD339F03D63B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 209 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.359597 -2.069156 52.358653 -2.069466 52.357753 -2.069755
Segment 6
10 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
- 471 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 56
- First coordinate pair
- -2.069755, 52.357753
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 56
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Mon, Mar 30, 2026 7:48 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 1:54 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M42 live closuresRelated incidents
Lane 1, 2 and 3 closure northbound
Active Roadworks National Highways
Bromsgrove
M5 · M5 Northbound Between J5 And J4A
Expected to clear in 7 hours 58 minutes
Started 14 Jun 2026, 19:51
Expected clear 15 Jun 2026, 05:00
Lane 1, 2 and 3 closure northbound
Category: Road Maintenance
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Lane 1, 2 and 3 closure northbound
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Bromsgrove
M5 · M5 Northbound Between J5 And J4A
Cleared 31 minutes 48 seconds ago
Started 14 Jun 2026, 20:00
Ended 14 Jun 2026, 20:30
Lane 1, 2 and 3 closure northbound
Category: Road Maintenance
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Lanes closures southbound
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Solihull
M42 · M42 Southbound Between J7 And J6
Cleared 1 day 1 hour ago
Started 13 Jun 2026, 20:00
Ended 13 Jun 2026, 20:00
Lanes closures southbound
Category: Road Maintenance
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M42 southbound Jct 6 between the exit and entry slip roads carriageway closure
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Solihull
M42 · M42 Southbound Within J6
Cleared 1 day 1 hour ago
Started 13 Jun 2026, 20:00
Ended 13 Jun 2026, 20:00
M42 southbound Jct 6 between the exit and entry slip roads carriageway closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M6 southbound Jct 6 to Jct 4 carriageway closure
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Solihull
M42 · M42 Northbound Between J8 And J9
Cleared 1 day 17 hours ago
Started 12 Jun 2026, 20:33
Ended 13 Jun 2026, 03:55
M6 southbound Jct 6 to Jct 4 carriageway closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M5 northbound jct 4a to jct 3 carriageway closure
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Bromsgrove
A38 · Roundabout At M5/A38/A491
Cleared 1 day 20 hours ago
Started 12 Jun 2026, 20:18
Ended 13 Jun 2026, 00:15
M5 northbound jct 4a to jct 3 carriageway closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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