M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road closure
ClearedM56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road closure
- Start time
- Tue, Jan 27, 2026 7:41 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 19 minutes
- Road
- M56 – Link Road From M56 J9 Eastbound To A50
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Jan 27, 2026 7:41 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jan 27, 2026 9:03 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road closure
- Coordinates
- 53.352960, -2.509435
- Latitude span
- 53.349599 – 53.357103
- Longitude span
- -2.515242 – -2.507309
- Bounding box centre
- 53.353351, -2.511276
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to A50
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound/A50
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20/A50
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20A southbound
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jan 27, 2026 7:41 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jan 28, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 19 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
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 2
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
53.351835 -2.5101 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 3
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
53.353457 -2.507556 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 4
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20/A50
- Lanes Restricted
- 5 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
- {7CABDE95-33C6-45FE-AFC0-3D7BCB0833F0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 70 m
- To Distance
- 483 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.349599 -2.515242 53.349605 -2.515221 53.349722 -2.514848 53.349959 -2.514094 53.350078 -2.513765 53.350541 -2.512689 53.350648 -2.51246 53.350758 -2.512226 53.351756 -2.510225
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20A southbound
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8BB6E713-7AA9-4714-ACA7-1BA8E82F3763}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 14 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.351756 -2.510225 53.351801 -2.510028
Segment 6
3 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
- 87 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.356341 -2.507999 53.356969 -2.508244 53.357103 -2.508299
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 39
- First coordinate pair
- -2.507416, 53.354743
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 39
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jan 27, 2026 7:41 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jan 27, 2026 9:03 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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