M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 16/0 to 14/3)
ClearedM56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 16/0 to 14/3)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 7:52 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 23 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Within J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 7:52 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 9:35 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 10:15 PM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 16/0 to 14/3)
- Coordinates
- 53.358642, -2.307436
- Latitude span
- 53.357233 – 53.361532
- Longitude span
- -2.321478 – -2.297494
- Bounding box centre
- 53.359383, -2.309486
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound within J6
- M56 eastbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 7:52 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 8 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
3 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
- {A4D4C452-9A42-CAF1-0BBA-5F41F20E85C7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 49 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.361175 -2.297949 53.361519 -2.297509 53.361532 -2.297494
Segment 2
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
53.357331 -2.314078 53.357342 -2.313842 53.357361 -2.313391 53.357427 -2.31255 53.357492 -2.311724 53.357612 -2.310508 53.357658 -2.310103 53.357731 -2.309472 53.357823 -2.308812 53.358015 -2.307476 53.35804 -2.307319 53.35807 -2.307176
Segment 3
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
- 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
- 689 m
- To Distance
- 1,182 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.357344 -2.321478 53.357302 -2.320437 53.35729 -2.320136 53.357256 -2.319295 53.357233 -2.317942 53.357234 -2.317507 53.357244 -2.316981 53.357249 -2.316645 53.357256 -2.315914 53.357276 -2.315268 53.357331 -2.314078
Segment 4
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 5
9 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
- 293 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.359458 -2.301254 53.35972 -2.300507 53.359987 -2.299931 53.36022 -2.299469 53.360373 -2.299199 53.36059 -2.298824 53.360888 -2.298361 53.361122 -2.298017 53.361175 -2.297949
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 47
- First coordinate pair
- -2.297949, 53.361175
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 47
View geometry JSON
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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
- 3
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 7:52 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 9:35 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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