M56 Eastbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 40/5 to 38/2)
ClearedM56 Eastbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 40/5 to 38/2)
- Start time
- Fri, May 8, 2026 6:57 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, May 9, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 3 minutes
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Within J11
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, May 8, 2026 10:55 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, May 8, 2026 11:23 PM
- Cleared
- Sat, May 9, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 40/5 to 38/2)
- Coordinates
- 53.321587, -2.654005
- Latitude span
- 53.313443 – 53.327592
- Longitude span
- -2.667806 – -2.641557
- Bounding box centre
- 53.320518, -2.654682
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound within J11
- M56 eastbound between J12 and J11
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Fri, May 8, 2026 6:57 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, May 9, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 3 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 J11
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes 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
- {10E5FCA6-1E7E-4E14-8B68-6364B07FFCFF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 60 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.327398 -2.642406 53.327487 -2.642033 53.327592 -2.641557
Segment 2
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J11
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes 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
- {167F786B-9F50-4710-8AE4-986C71929601}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 341 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.325096 -2.648633 53.32525 -2.64832 53.325356 -2.648096 53.325496 -2.647798 53.325824 -2.647052 53.326106 -2.646366 53.326252 -2.645992 53.326443 -2.6455 53.326653 -2.644918 53.32682 -2.644403
Segment 3
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J12 and J11
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {6160F510-134A-E92B-856B-9604E0342DFE}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 139 m
- To Distance
- 758 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
16 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J12 and J11
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {B90BC349-0613-4560-9815-7F856E0DF8B8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 960 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.317181 -2.660972 53.317344 -2.660749 53.317615 -2.660408 53.318774 -2.658955 53.319119 -2.65851 53.319625 -2.657857 53.320159 -2.657145 53.320703 -2.656373 53.321147 -2.655734 53.321537 -2.655139 53.321936 -2.6545 53.322462 -2.653622 53.322807 -2.653012 53.322934 -2.652789 53.323379 -2.65197 53.32366 -2.651494
Segment 5
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound within J11
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes 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
- {5B759C10-DE98-430F-A74C-CCE1F4357626}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 147 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.32682 -2.644403 53.327001 -2.643842 53.327275 -2.642885 53.327398 -2.642406
Segment 6
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J12 and J11
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {DC84AD24-A8EF-4A6C-BC5B-B8638641037B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 248 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 56
- First coordinate pair
- -2.642406, 53.327398
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 56
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, May 8, 2026 10:55 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, May 8, 2026 11:23 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Expected to clear in 2 weeks 1 day
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Expected clear 30 Jun 2026, 05:00
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Category: Road Maintenance
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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 5 hours 20 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 12 hours 49 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 16 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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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 11 hours ago
Started 12 Jun 2026, 21:39
Ended 13 Jun 2026, 02:40
M56 Eastbound lane 2 closure (MP 57/0 to 52/9)
Category: Construction Work
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M56 Eastbound Lane 1 closure (MP 11/6 to Sharston Carriageway Closure )
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Trafford
M56 · M56 Eastbound Between J4 And J3
Cleared 1 day 19 hours ago
Started 12 Jun 2026, 19:00
Ended 12 Jun 2026, 19:00
M56 Eastbound Lane 1 closure (MP 11/6 to Sharston Carriageway Closure )
Category: Road Maintenance
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