M56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry slip road lane 1 closure

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M56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry slip road lane 1 closure

Start time
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 10:17 AM
Expected end
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 1:00 PM
Duration
2 hours 43 minutes
Road
M56 – M56 J2 Eastbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Eastbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Other
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 10:17 AM
Last updated
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 11:28 AM
Cleared
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 1:00 PM
  • Latest update: M56 Eastbound Jct 2 entry slip road lane 1 closure
Coordinates
53.396012, -2.252827
Latitude span
53.395729 – 53.396694
Longitude span
-2.256302 – -2.249304
Bounding box centre
53.396212, -2.252803
Location descriptions
  • M56 J2 eastbound access
  • M56 eastbound between J2 and J1
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 10:17 AM
Overall feed end
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 1:00 PM
Feed window length
2 hours 43 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

10 coordinate pairs
Description
M56 J2 eastbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane 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
{67C8E53A-CB60-44F0-A937-E71E7A39B300}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
18 m
To Distance
290 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.396694 -2.256302
53.396603 -2.256068
53.396527 -2.255872
53.396411 -2.255481
53.396349 -2.25524
53.396277 -2.254953
53.395979 -2.253358
53.395886 -2.252861
53.395851 -2.252725
53.395788 -2.252529

Segment 2

9 coordinate pairs
Description
M56 eastbound between J2 and J1
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
East Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M56
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{8122B645-271D-48D5-A185-3074BB42BE2D}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
215 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.395788 -2.252529
53.395771 -2.252319
53.395762 -2.252093
53.395737 -2.251356
53.395729 -2.250739
53.395739 -2.250394
53.395749 -2.249988
53.395776 -2.249597
53.39581 -2.249304
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
19
First coordinate pair
-2.256302, 53.396694
Road section segments
1
Road section points
19
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Other
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 10:17 AM
Record versioned
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 11:28 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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