M56 Westbound Jct 2 exit slip road hardshoulder and lane 1 closure
ClearedM56 Westbound Jct 2 exit slip road hardshoulder and lane 1 closure
- Start time
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 9:30 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 3:30 PM
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Road
- M56 – M56 Westbound Between J1 And J2
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Westbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
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- First published
- Wed, Dec 17, 2025 11:19 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 1:59 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 3:30 PM
- Latest update: M56 Westbound Jct 2 exit slip road hardshoulder and lane 1 closure
- Coordinates
- 53.395791, -2.253539
- Latitude span
- 53.395584 – 53.396193
- Longitude span
- -2.256508 – -2.249691
- Bounding box centre
- 53.395889, -2.253100
- Location descriptions
-
- M56 westbound between J1 and J2
- M56 J2 westbound exit
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 9:30 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 3:30 PM
- Feed window length
- 6 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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 westbound between J1 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {95BDCF36-B5E7-4A8B-AE0D-D3EE33AEF5C0}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 182 m
- To Distance
- 356 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.395643 -2.249691 53.395614 -2.250077 53.395595 -2.250378 53.395585 -2.250739 53.395585 -2.251099 53.395584 -2.251445 53.395592 -2.251671 53.395627 -2.252303
Segment 2
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M56 J2 westbound exit
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- West Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M56
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {2F12E7A4-0612-422D-B3EB-E2B147A147D6}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Exit Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 290 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 25
- First coordinate pair
- -2.249691, 53.395643
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 25
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Dec 17, 2025 11:19 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Dec 18, 2025 1:59 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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