M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road closure
ClearedM56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road closure
- Start time
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Northbound Within J20 After M56 J9 Eastbound Access
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:46 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 6:55 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: M56 Eastbound to M6 Northbound link road closure
- Coordinates
- 53.358833, -2.508518
- Latitude span
- 53.354059 – 53.363878
- Longitude span
- -2.510111 – -2.506987
- Bounding box centre
- 53.358969, -2.508549
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 northbound within J20 after M56 J9 eastbound access
- link road from M56 J9 eastbound to M6 J20 northbound
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound within J20 after M56 J9 eastbound access
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 5 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {60F493E7-D133-4AA0-87AB-7F0AB58C75A2}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 228 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.358407 -2.508246 53.358712 -2.50843 53.358945 -2.508553 53.359656 -2.508877 53.35969 -2.508892 53.359968 -2.509016 53.36038 -2.509186
Segment 2
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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {48344F7B-597D-4713-9568-19BCF2B4696C}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 402 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.354889 -2.506987 53.355041 -2.506989 53.355527 -2.50704 53.355769 -2.507088 53.356074 -2.507181 53.356361 -2.50732 53.357733 -2.508073 53.357958 -2.50815 53.358227 -2.508214 53.358407 -2.508246
Segment 3
6 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
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {FF68C6BB-3D6F-4F6D-BE82-3980305F5FFD}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 72 m
- To Distance
- 165 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.354059 -2.507132 53.354097 -2.507113 53.354111 -2.50711 53.354223 -2.507084 53.354601 -2.507014 53.354889 -2.506987
Segment 4
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound within J20 after M56 J9 eastbound access
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 5 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7B279D34-4F5C-47E1-BEAD-370AA166A35B}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 382 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.360497 -2.509233 53.36079 -2.509431 53.36112 -2.50955 53.36153 -2.509662 53.361878 -2.50976 53.362294 -2.509864 53.362679 -2.509954 53.363057 -2.51002 53.363394 -2.510064 53.363479 -2.510072 53.363624 -2.510087 53.363878 -2.510111
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound within J20 after M56 J9 eastbound access
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 5 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 0 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {880EF025-7F2C-4FF9-9A4A-55FC71373A9E}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 13 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.36038 -2.509186 53.360497 -2.509233
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 37
- First coordinate pair
- -2.508246, 53.358407
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 37
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
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Carriageway Closures
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:46 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026 6:55 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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