M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 51/6 to 44/5)
ClearedM56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 51/6 to 44/5)
- Start time
- Thu, Apr 9, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Apr 10, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J14 And J12
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 12:45 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Apr 10, 2026 1:27 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Apr 10, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 51/6 to 44/5)
- Coordinates
- 53.282747, -2.764531
- Latitude span
- 53.265702 – 53.303356
- Longitude span
- -2.806357 – -2.719912
- Bounding box centre
- 53.284529, -2.763135
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- M56 eastbound within J14
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Apr 9, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Apr 10, 2026 4:00 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {6C213F2B-3F3D-4C25-9474-DFC3A8761EE8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 759 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.292029 -2.743515 53.292066 -2.743438 53.292248 -2.743049 53.292713 -2.742057 53.293879 -2.739557 53.295236 -2.73661 53.296193 -2.734496
Segment 2
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {0036AA7A-A9C5-429C-8740-90677E980E48}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,080 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.296193 -2.734496 53.296712 -2.733364 53.296791 -2.733186 53.297351 -2.731911 53.29787 -2.730728 53.29899 -2.728371 53.299327 -2.727662 53.300356 -2.725553 53.300401 -2.72546 53.300409 -2.725445 53.300829 -2.724612 53.301766 -2.722797 53.301782 -2.722767 53.301991 -2.722408 53.30228 -2.721882
Segment 3
29 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {FF4FE219-DD0E-422E-AC8A-6C46492BA23D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,196 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.277945 -2.773654 53.27817 -2.773014 53.27849 -2.772135 53.278929 -2.770943 53.279313 -2.769945 53.279551 -2.769335 53.279998 -2.768263 53.280509 -2.767087 53.280591 -2.766903 53.280704 -2.76665 53.280833 -2.766358 53.281038 -2.765897 53.281375 -2.765198 53.282186 -2.763518 53.282923 -2.762091 53.283497 -2.760946 53.284189 -2.759548 53.284799 -2.758374 53.285126 -2.757735 53.285327 -2.757324 53.285554 -2.756858 53.286037 -2.755891 53.286966 -2.754012 53.287293 -2.753348 53.287603 -2.752709 53.287986 -2.751921 53.288195 -2.751489 53.28916 -2.749526 53.290053 -2.747681
Segment 4
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {36989790-7882-4F70-8EE2-3F41EFA9BCE6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 177 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.30228 -2.721882 53.302631 -2.721242 53.302902 -2.720716 53.303356 -2.719912
Segment 5
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J14
- 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
- {0528CFEE-E9F5-4B38-AB8A-F9694F7AA076}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 359 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.266763 -2.802855 53.267048 -2.801976 53.267778 -2.79986 53.267809 -2.799771 53.268368 -2.798177
Segment 6
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J14
- 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
- {556DF9DB-AFCD-4C42-AF41-532032F2F7CC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 114 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.266295 -2.804376 53.266515 -2.80366 53.266763 -2.802855
Segment 7
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {5EB0F81E-AB72-44CE-9FF2-4A81A879E4E4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 846 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.274028 -2.784538 53.27437 -2.783683 53.275504 -2.780719 53.275685 -2.780213 53.276319 -2.77844 53.276631 -2.777531 53.277189 -2.775906 53.277895 -2.773804 53.277945 -2.773654
Segment 8
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {EF89BE71-6D34-4E72-A9EB-237F1CF33887}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 354 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.290053 -2.747681 53.290481 -2.746804 53.291619 -2.744393 53.292029 -2.743515
Segment 9
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {F5D59AB2-8157-4223-9D5E-D1572BBF6655}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,106 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 10
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J14
- 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
- {DDB32DF2-373E-4A61-8AC6-11E455BA0456}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 168 m
- To Distance
- 316 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.265702 -2.806357 53.266276 -2.804435 53.266295 -2.804376
- Geometry type
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- Geometry points
- 97
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 97
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 12:45 PM
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Driving on the M56? See every live closure, roadwork and planned restriction on this road.
M56 live closuresRelated incidents
M56 Eastbound hardshoulder closure (MP 55/0 to 54/6)
Active Roadworks National Highways
Cheshire West And Chester
M56 · M56 Eastbound Between J15 And J14
Expected to clear in 2 weeks 1 day
Started 26 Mar 2026, 06:00
Expected clear 30 Jun 2026, 05:00
M56 Eastbound hardshoulder closure (MP 55/0 to 54/6)
Category: Road Maintenance
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A483 : Southbound : Rhostyllen : Resurfacing work : Exit slip road closed : Diversions in place : 08/06/26-19/06/26 1900-0600 :
Active Roadworks Traffic Wales
Cheshire West And Chester
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Description: A483 : Southbound : Rhostyllen : Resurfacing work : Exit slip road closed : Diversions in place : 08/06/26-19/06/26 1900-0600 :, Start time: 08/06/2026 19:00 , End Date: 19/06/2026 6:00, Severity: Road closure, Source: Welsh Government, Last updated: 12/06/2026 13:46
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A483 : Northbound : Rhostyllen : Resurfacing work : Exit slip road closed : Diversions in place : 15/06/26-19/06/26 1900-0600 :
Active Roadworks Traffic Wales
Cheshire West And Chester
Started Start time TBC
Description: A483 : Northbound : Rhostyllen : Resurfacing work : Exit slip road closed : Diversions in place : 15/06/26-19/06/26 1900-0600 :, Start time: 15/06/2026 19:00 , End Date: 19/06/2026 6:00, Severity: Road closure, Source: Welsh Government, Last updated: 12/06/2026 13:48
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M56 eastbound jct 12 - 11 lanes one and two closure (MP 44/5 - 39/9)
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Halton
M56 · M56 Eastbound Between J12 And J11
Starts in 3 hours 10 minutes
Starts 14 Jun 2026, 20:00
Expected clear 15 Jun 2026, 05:00
M56 eastbound jct 12 - 11 lanes one and two closure (MP 44/5 - 39/9)
Category: Road Maintenance
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M56 eastbound jct 14 - 12 lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 47/5 - 43/9)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Cheshire West And Chester
M56 · M56 Eastbound Between J14 And J12
Cleared 14 hours 59 minutes ago
Started 13 Jun 2026, 19:50
Ended 14 Jun 2026, 01:50
M56 eastbound jct 14 - 12 lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 47/5 - 43/9)
Category: Road Maintenance
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M56 Eastbound lane 2 closure (MP 57/0 to 52/9)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Cheshire West And Chester
M56 · M56 Eastbound Between A494 And J15
Cleared 1 day 18 hours ago
Started 12 Jun 2026, 22:00
Ended 12 Jun 2026, 22:15
M56 Eastbound lane 2 closure (MP 57/0 to 52/9)
Category: Construction Work
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