M6 Jct 3 entry slip road lane 2 closure southbound
ClearedM6 Jct 3 entry slip road lane 2 closure southbound
- Start time
- Fri, Feb 20, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Feb 21, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 J3 Southbound Access
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 2 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Feb 13, 2026 2:01 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Feb 20, 2026 8:15 PM
- Cleared
- Sat, Feb 21, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Jct 3 entry slip road lane 2 closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.461001, -1.488181
- Latitude span
- 52.458648 – 52.462925
- Longitude span
- -1.492051 – -1.483728
- Bounding box centre
- 52.460787, -1.487890
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 J3 southbound access
- M6 southbound between J3 and J2
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Feb 20, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Feb 21, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 J3 southbound access
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {FDFC8BC0-B79E-7A18-A922-8875F2D13E28}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 5 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.462882 -1.491985 52.462851 -1.491924
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E19DCB68-0F62-40B5-87E2-0C8C5386D12B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 230 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.460385 -1.48704 52.460049 -1.486308 52.459714 -1.48565 52.459424 -1.485109 52.459333 -1.484933 52.459052 -1.484451
Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8F3ABF5D-C6FF-45AB-A1B0-120653874D0D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 9 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.459052 -1.484451 52.458998 -1.484348
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 J3 southbound access
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {89FF8411-6C1C-4AF0-AF35-B3A2D1FB3532}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 21 m
- To Distance
- 28 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.462925 -1.492051 52.462897 -1.492015 52.462882 -1.491985
Segment 5
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 J3 southbound access
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {3F0BB7EC-37C6-4B22-A8CA-908B77B30676}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 432 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.462851 -1.491924 52.462824 -1.491869 52.462188 -1.490375 52.462016 -1.490009 52.461862 -1.489702 52.461653 -1.489263 52.46129 -1.488531 52.461136 -1.488224 52.460928 -1.487829 52.460801 -1.487624 52.460385 -1.48704
Segment 6
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J3 and J2
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {546C9DA9-5384-424F-852E-3AF8640E01BD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 57 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.458998 -1.484348 52.458648 -1.483728
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 26
- First coordinate pair
- -1.491985, 52.462882
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 26
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Fri, Feb 13, 2026 2:01 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Feb 20, 2026 8:15 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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