M56 Eastbound Lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 11/4 to 9/7)
ClearedM56 Eastbound Lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 11/4 to 9/7)
- Start time
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J4 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Wed, May 27, 2026 9:11 AM
- Last updated
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 4:43 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound Lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 11/4 to 9/7)
- Coordinates
- 53.387085, -2.275164
- Latitude span
- 53.383474 – 53.390554
- Longitude span
- -2.277031 – -2.273457
- Bounding box centre
- 53.387014, -2.275244
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J4 and J3
- M56 eastbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 5:00 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {F617C063-1EA2-4196-9DE9-FD1071FE732D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 600 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.38477 -2.276293 53.385337 -2.275996 53.385544 -2.275877 53.385602 -2.275847 53.3871 -2.27509 53.38854 -2.274438 53.38917 -2.274147 53.389953 -2.273786
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {11DD499A-178E-443B-A0B0-B459BD855CC2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 70 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.389953 -2.273786 53.390385 -2.273563 53.390554 -2.273457
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {8B854FFC-3686-488E-BF98-E41DF4E64179}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 211 m
- To Distance
- 364 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.383474 -2.277031 53.384041 -2.276694 53.38477 -2.276293
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 14
- First coordinate pair
- -2.276293, 53.384770
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 14
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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
- 5
- Record created
- Wed, May 27, 2026 9:11 AM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 4:43 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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