M56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 46/9 to 45/8)
ClearedM56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 46/9 to 45/8)
- Start time
- Sat, Mar 7, 2026 9:08 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 52 minutes
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J14 And J12
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Sat, Mar 7, 2026 9:08 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026 12:16 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 46/9 to 45/8)
- Coordinates
- 53.294388, -2.738379
- Latitude span
- 53.289975 – 53.300335
- Longitude span
- -2.747841 – -2.725595
- Bounding box centre
- 53.295155, -2.736718
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Sat, Mar 7, 2026 9:08 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 52 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
8 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
- 751 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 53.300335 -2.725595
Segment 2
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 3
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 4
2 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
- 2,183 m
- To Distance
- 2,196 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.289975 -2.747841 53.290053 -2.747681
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 21
- First coordinate pair
- -2.734496, 53.296193
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 21
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sat, Mar 7, 2026 9:08 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026 12:16 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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