M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 52/5 to 51/2)
ClearedM56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 52/5 to 51/2)
- Start time
- Tue, May 12, 2026 7:20 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, May 13, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 40 minutes
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Within J14
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, May 12, 2026 7:21 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, May 12, 2026 10:34 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, May 13, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 52/5 to 51/2)
- Coordinates
- 53.264604, -2.810103
- Latitude span
- 53.262186 – 53.267379
- Longitude span
- -2.818201 – -2.801016
- Bounding box centre
- 53.264783, -2.809609
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound within J14
- M56 eastbound between J15 and J14
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Tue, May 12, 2026 7:20 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, May 13, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 40 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 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 2
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
- {DDB32DF2-373E-4A61-8AC6-11E455BA0456}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 316 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.265034 -2.808625 53.26533 -2.807611 53.265439 -2.807238 53.266276 -2.804435 53.266295 -2.804376
Segment 3
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
- {0528CFEE-E9F5-4B38-AB8A-F9694F7AA076}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 140 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.266763 -2.802855 53.267048 -2.801976 53.267379 -2.801016
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J15 and 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
- {E35B9EEB-DE49-4459-A112-196ED47E4558}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 647 m
- To Distance
- 665 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.262186 -2.818201 53.262192 -2.818181 53.26226 -2.817969
Segment 5
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J15 and 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
- {DA5C0806-0285-4544-B743-B693BF54B194}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 695 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 24
- First coordinate pair
- -2.804376, 53.266295
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 24
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 4
- Record created
- Tue, May 12, 2026 7:21 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, May 12, 2026 10:34 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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