M56 Eastbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 48/5 to 46/4)
ClearedM56 Eastbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 48/5 to 46/4)
- Start time
- Fri, May 15, 2026 9:23 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, May 16, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 6 hours 37 minutes
- Road
- M56 – M56 Eastbound Between J14 And J12
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Fri, May 15, 2026 9:31 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, May 16, 2026 12:13 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, May 16, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 48/5 to 46/4)
- Coordinates
- 53.287132, -2.753569
- Latitude span
- 53.280729 – 53.292720
- Longitude span
- -2.766593 – -2.742040
- Bounding box centre
- 53.286725, -2.754317
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Fri, May 15, 2026 9:23 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, May 16, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 6 hours 37 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
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {FF4FE219-DD0E-422E-AC8A-6C46492BA23D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 563 m
- To Distance
- 2,196 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.280729 -2.766593 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 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {6C213F2B-3F3D-4C25-9474-DFC3A8761EE8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 124 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 53.29272 -2.74204
Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 eastbound between J14 and J12
- 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
- {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
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 29
- First coordinate pair
- -2.766593, 53.280729
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 29
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
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, May 15, 2026 9:31 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, May 16, 2026 12:13 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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