M56 Eastbound Jct 5 exit slip road lane 1 closure
ClearedM56 Eastbound Jct 5 exit slip road lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:22 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 3 hours 38 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M56 – M56 J5 Eastbound Exit For Manchester Airport
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 4 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:32 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 1:02 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 2:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound Jct 5 exit slip road lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 53.374754, -2.287479
- Latitude span
- 53.372235 – 53.376341
- Longitude span
- -2.290478 – -2.283873
- Bounding box centre
- 53.374288, -2.287176
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 J5 eastbound exit for Manchester Airport
- link road from M56 J5 to Manchester Airport
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:22 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 5 hours 38 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
30 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J5 eastbound exit for Manchester Airport
- 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {03D2E8AB-228F-4AEE-96F7-C68636E1E271}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 600 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J5 eastbound exit for Manchester Airport
- 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {56E57ED1-03EC-4D2A-9282-4D5B3E827C96}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 208 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.376056 -2.285315 53.37594 -2.285088 53.375895 -2.284998 53.375752 -2.284802 53.37568 -2.284726 53.375528 -2.284575 53.375357 -2.284423 53.375034 -2.284196 53.374792 -2.284074 53.374585 -2.283997 53.374425 -2.283916
Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J5 eastbound exit for Manchester Airport
- 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
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {157944E9-98A8-4B06-8FF3-D17EBA9F20AC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 21 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.376164 -2.285586 53.37611 -2.28542 53.376074 -2.285345 53.376056 -2.285315
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M56 J5 to Manchester Airport
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {1F334AD9-7120-4186-B5BC-A8679D31048F}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 27 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.374425 -2.283916 53.374298 -2.28389 53.37418 -2.283873
Segment 5
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J5 eastbound exit for Manchester Airport
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {B0A09851-DE24-47B2-8340-2E53D20EBCF1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 3 m
- To Distance
- 56 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.372235 -2.290478 53.372404 -2.290415 53.372593 -2.290308 53.372692 -2.290252
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 52
- First coordinate pair
- -2.290252, 53.372692
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 52
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed region label
- Manchester Airport
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:32 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 1:02 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Category: Road Maintenance
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Expected clear 29 Oct 2026, 06:00
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Category: Road Maintenance
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M56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 44/5 to 38/3)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Halton
M56 · M56 Eastbound Within J11
Cleared 4 hours 17 minutes ago
Started 27 Oct 2026, 22:00
Ended 27 Oct 2026, 22:00
M56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 44/5 to 38/3)
Category: Construction Work
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