M56 both directions J8 to J5 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal on behalf of National Highways
PlannedM56 both directions J8 to J5 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal on behalf of National Highways
- Start time
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Mar 25, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 1 lanes affected, 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
Active
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Mar 21, 2025 11:07 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Mar 25, 2026 5:38 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Mar 25, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 both directions J8 to J5 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal on behalf of National Highways
- Coordinates
- 53.358566, -2.337812
- Latitude span
- 53.357233 – 53.361965
- Longitude span
- -2.381839 – -2.297441
- Bounding box centre
- 53.359599, -2.339640
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- M56 eastbound within J7
- M56 eastbound within J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Mar 25, 2026 6:00 AM
- 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
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {67B032E5-5E6C-4AB9-9B7A-CBC8DD98CA9F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 447 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.359345 -2.372059 53.3592 -2.371394 53.359124 -2.37103 53.359108 -2.370966 53.359048 -2.370722 53.358986 -2.370419 53.358835 -2.369612 53.358768 -2.369251 53.358651 -2.368483 53.358413 -2.366903 53.358352 -2.366362 53.358279 -2.365596
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D2ACCA4A-2605-44B4-9732-8AA8D0B39CE3}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 142 m
- To Distance
- 501 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.361965 -2.381839 53.361714 -2.380771 53.361377 -2.379415 53.361288 -2.379054 53.360897 -2.377623 53.360746 -2.377111 53.360674 -2.376885
Segment 3
23 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8EAAB9A4-EFB5-F09F-043A-D2233BC2C6F7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,265 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.358279 -2.365596 53.358126 -2.363986 53.358082 -2.363444 53.35803 -2.362828 53.357979 -2.362061 53.357936 -2.3614 53.357893 -2.360708 53.357833 -2.359701 53.357799 -2.359085 53.357781 -2.358604 53.357732 -2.357356 53.357691 -2.356199 53.357683 -2.355899 53.357667 -2.355252 53.357637 -2.353314 53.357632 -2.351631 53.357641 -2.35079 53.357652 -2.349633 53.357658 -2.349017 53.357678 -2.348086 53.357689 -2.347545 53.357694 -2.347041 53.357708 -2.34664
Segment 4
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {91BC48FB-B59F-4370-BA03-15C634A34716}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 353 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.360674 -2.376885 53.360434 -2.376101 53.359981 -2.37463 53.359809 -2.373993 53.359664 -2.373452 53.359574 -2.373074 53.359528 -2.372889 53.359473 -2.372641 53.359465 -2.372607 53.359345 -2.372059
Segment 5
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D8366B43-DD1E-42C9-9AD7-433568092E39}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 468 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.358112 -2.338806 53.358124 -2.338277 53.358141 -2.33756 53.358147 -2.33725 53.358161 -2.336761 53.358162 -2.336385 53.358163 -2.335994 53.358157 -2.334958 53.358125 -2.33347 53.358057 -2.332012 53.358049 -2.331771
Segment 6
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {FFA5C317-56A4-4F91-91E1-66B643F9431E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,182 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 7
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AF0475D7-B536-402B-94D1-ECDE5D06851F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 424 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.35807 -2.307176 53.358225 -2.30623 53.358289 -2.3059 53.35848 -2.30488 53.358817 -2.303335 53.35898 -2.30269 53.359016 -2.302555 53.359157 -2.302116 53.359207 -2.30197 53.359388 -2.301446 53.35942 -2.301353 53.359458 -2.301254
Segment 8
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C09CBBCE-B2F3-46B2-A3E8-E24D7CDC0B97}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 523 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.357708 -2.34664 53.357844 -2.343734 53.358021 -2.340821 53.358102 -2.33904 53.358112 -2.338806
Segment 9
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8BBCFC85-0BD4-4E00-B5E4-D211B1D09396}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 467 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 10
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4C2E7CF6-8F80-47E7-86D0-614A749C410C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 349 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 122
- First coordinate pair
- -2.372059, 53.359345
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 122
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Mar 21, 2025 11:07 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Mar 25, 2026 5:38 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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