M56 Eastbound jct 3 to 2 carriageway closure
PlannedM56 Eastbound jct 3 to 2 carriageway closure
- Start time
- Fri, Jan 30, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J3 And J2
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Active
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Jan 20, 2026 10:46 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jan 30, 2026 9:33 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound jct 3 to 2 carriageway closure
- Coordinates
- 53.395800, -2.263353
- Latitude span
- 53.390559 – 53.397876
- Longitude span
- -2.273454 – -2.249304
- Bounding box centre
- 53.394218, -2.261379
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- M56 eastbound between J2 and J1
- M56 eastbound between J4 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jan 30, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {B770D358-1703-4635-9427-7DF0D7D7A1CE}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 405 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.396517 -2.26864 53.396625 -2.268445 53.396797 -2.268115 53.397077 -2.267516 53.397276 -2.267036 53.39743 -2.266631 53.397547 -2.266285 53.397656 -2.265925 53.397728 -2.265625 53.39776 -2.26543 53.397765 -2.265399 53.397819 -2.265069 53.397856 -2.264648 53.397876 -2.264092 53.39785 -2.26364 53.397823 -2.263339 53.397815 -2.263219
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {FB95FBAD-12D5-4420-A458-DC7A1955FFB3}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 80 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.397815 -2.263219 53.397779 -2.263023 53.39769 -2.262527 53.397646 -2.262361 53.397571 -2.26208
Segment 3
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {9AF1976C-5735-42AE-9868-2102A764EE12}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 265 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.396436 -2.256368 53.396383 -2.256067 53.396356 -2.255916 53.39601 -2.254125 53.395974 -2.253899 53.395903 -2.253492 53.395884 -2.253357 53.395832 -2.252981 53.395788 -2.252529
Segment 4
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {BBCF77DF-552C-4E57-B9A5-60B54F22935A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 298 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.397571 -2.26208 53.397557 -2.262014 53.397378 -2.261427 53.397048 -2.260357 53.396932 -2.259875 53.396879 -2.259649 53.396808 -2.259258 53.39671 -2.25861 53.396657 -2.258144 53.396631 -2.257903
Segment 5
16 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {DAD88128-5251-40C2-B89D-20039927CF50}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 425 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.392879 -2.271699 53.393041 -2.27158 53.393194 -2.271461 53.393419 -2.271312 53.393436 -2.271298 53.393815 -2.270999 53.393959 -2.270894 53.394265 -2.270686 53.394391 -2.270619 53.394994 -2.270299 53.395363 -2.270076 53.395471 -2.269997 53.395606 -2.269897 53.395913 -2.269568 53.396102 -2.269314 53.39631 -2.269
Segment 6
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
Segment 7
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 5 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {11DD499A-178E-443B-A0B0-B459BD855CC2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 70 m
- To Distance
- 354 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.390559 -2.273454 53.390979 -2.273191 53.391 -2.273176 53.391249 -2.272997 53.391933 -2.27249 53.39223 -2.272237 53.392374 -2.272132 53.392573 -2.271953 53.392879 -2.271699
Segment 8
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {C68C8280-A857-4F0F-931B-57FF889FCB53}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 104 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.396631 -2.257903 53.396551 -2.257121 53.396463 -2.256488 53.396436 -2.256368
Segment 9
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 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
- {BA61739E-0BEB-43FA-BB91-DC03698AE03E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 33 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 82
- First coordinate pair
- -2.268640, 53.396517
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 82
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jan 20, 2026 10:46 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jan 30, 2026 9:33 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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