M53 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 18/7 to 19/0)
ClearedM53 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 18/7 to 19/0)
- Start time
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 8:00 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 6:00 PM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- M53 – M53 Southbound Within J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 8:09 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 6:25 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 6:00 PM
- Latest update: M53 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 18/7 to 19/0)
- Coordinates
- 53.339308, -3.023196
- Latitude span
- 53.338360 – 53.340180
- Longitude span
- -3.024868 – -3.021534
- Bounding box centre
- 53.339270, -3.023201
- Location descriptions
-
- M53 southbound within J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 8:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 6:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
- M53 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M53
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4858BD98-1F5F-4214-BAAC-3DF6AAB1A9B6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 25 m
- To Distance
- 231 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.34018 -3.024868 53.340157 -3.024821 53.34014 -3.024784 53.339734 -3.023925 53.339521 -3.023529 53.339088 -3.022723 53.338973 -3.022525
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M53 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M53
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {F38D3223-90EE-4B12-945D-8A70792DA657}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 94 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.338973 -3.022525 53.338813 -3.022251 53.33845 -3.021671 53.33836 -3.021534
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 11
- First coordinate pair
- -3.024868, 53.340180
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 11
View geometry JSON
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-3.024868,
53.34018
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53.340157
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53.34014
],
[
-3.023925,
53.339734
],
[
-3.023529,
53.339521
],
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-3.022723,
53.339088
],
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53.338973
],
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53.338813
],
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53.33845
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}
View road section coordinates
[
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[
-3.024868,
53.34018
],
[
-3.024821,
53.340157
],
[
-3.024784,
53.34014
],
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-3.023925,
53.339734
],
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-3.023529,
53.339521
],
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-3.022723,
53.339088
],
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-3.022525,
53.338973
],
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-3.022525,
53.338973
],
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53.338813
],
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-3.021671,
53.33845
],
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-3.021534,
53.33836
]
]
]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 8:09 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Feb 12, 2026 6:25 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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