M53 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 38/4 to 39/6)
ClearedM53 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 38/4 to 39/6)
- Start time
- Tue, Feb 17, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Feb 18, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M53 – M53 Southbound Between J11 And J12
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Feb 17, 2026 1:17 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Feb 17, 2026 2:41 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Feb 18, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M53 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 38/4 to 39/6)
- Coordinates
- 53.216992, -2.858143
- Latitude span
- 53.212946 – 53.222693
- Longitude span
- -2.860626 – -2.854630
- Bounding box centre
- 53.217820, -2.857628
- Location descriptions
-
- M53 southbound between J11 and J12
- M53 southbound within J12
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Feb 17, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Feb 18, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M53 southbound between J11 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M53
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D3EDC699-D91F-43D9-A740-802A594E0CEB}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 116 m
- To Distance
- 1,087 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.222693 -2.860626 53.222601 -2.860624 53.221909 -2.86061 53.221253 -2.860567 53.220652 -2.86048 53.220077 -2.860348 53.219243 -2.860092 53.218553 -2.859809 53.217989 -2.859528 53.217658 -2.859327 53.216969 -2.858894 53.21637 -2.858447 53.215744 -2.857911 53.215619 -2.857803 53.214986 -2.857162 53.214781 -2.856918 53.214477 -2.856568
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M53 southbound within J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M53
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {181F7C30-DF3B-4ED6-AA94-28E2EDE848FA}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 18 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.214477 -2.856568 53.214342 -2.856411
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M53 southbound within J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M53
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D296564E-FCE3-4FDA-9413-EE39D8249ED6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 196 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.214342 -2.856411 53.213915 -2.855987 53.213212 -2.855 53.212999 -2.854711 53.212946 -2.85463
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 24
- First coordinate pair
- -2.860626, 53.222693
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 24
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
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 5
- Record created
- Tue, Feb 17, 2026 1:17 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Feb 17, 2026 2:41 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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