M56 Eastbound to A50 Northbound link road closure

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M56 Eastbound to A50 Northbound link road closure

Start time
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 7:32 PM
Expected end
Tue, Aug 4, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
6 hours 58 minutes 1 second
Road
M56 – Link Road From M56 J9 Eastbound To M6 J20 Northbound/A50
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Eastbound
Reason
Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 7:49 PM
Last updated
Tue, Aug 4, 2026 2:11 AM
Cleared
Tue, Aug 4, 2026 2:30 AM
  • Latest update: M56 Eastbound to A50 Northbound link road closure
Coordinates
53.355057, -2.508441
Latitude span
53.351835 – 53.360006
Longitude span
-2.510609 – -2.507309
Bounding box centre
53.355921, -2.508959
Location descriptions
  • link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound/A50
  • link road from M56 J9 eastbound to A50
  • link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 7:32 PM
Overall feed end
Tue, Aug 4, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 28 minutes
Probability code (raw)
certain
Compliance option (raw)
mandatory
Source identification (raw)
roadworks
Management type value
carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
Contra-flow flag (raw)
false
Width restriction flag (raw)
false
Height restriction flag (raw)
false
Weight restriction flag (raw)
false

Segment 1

12 coordinate pairs
Description
link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound/A50
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{B8B569FE-1B09-4B3B-8C1A-2CDE583FFF56}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
12 m
To Distance
261 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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53.351884 -2.510024
53.351935 -2.509951
53.351973 -2.509897
53.35229 -2.5093
53.352567 -2.508792
53.352779 -2.508404
53.352996 -2.508076
53.353069 -2.507972
53.353213 -2.507793
53.353367 -2.50763
53.353457 -2.507556

Segment 2

10 coordinate pairs
Description
link road from M56 J9 eastbound to A50
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{5713C98C-D790-43E3-8C76-40367B4D3437}
Linear Element Type
Other
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
145 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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53.353574 -2.507497
53.353844 -2.50738
53.353961 -2.507352
53.354069 -2.507323
53.354128 -2.507316
53.354186 -2.507309
53.354366 -2.507311
53.354716 -2.507406
53.354743 -2.507416

Segment 3

3 coordinate pairs
Description
link road from M56 J9 eastbound to A50
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{85D8FF91-D180-4F80-B13E-35D518EA4EFE}
Linear Element Type
Other
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
182 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.354743 -2.507416
53.355317 -2.507638
53.356341 -2.507999

Segment 4

10 coordinate pairs
Description
link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{9C35F1EE-28C4-4870-BFEF-E2700DAD5FF0}
Linear Element Type
Other
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
459 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.356341 -2.507999
53.356969 -2.508244
53.358465 -2.508863
53.358727 -2.508971
53.359068 -2.50917
53.359364 -2.509429
53.359605 -2.509688
53.359739 -2.50987
53.359882 -2.510172
53.360006 -2.510609
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
35
First coordinate pair
-2.510100, 53.351835
Road section segments
1
Road section points
35
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
Carriageway Closures
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 7:49 PM
Record versioned
Tue, Aug 4, 2026 2:11 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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