M6 lane 1 closure southbound
ClearedM6 lane 1 closure southbound
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours 15 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – Link Road From M6 Southbound To A14 Eastbound
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 10:40 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 2:55 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 3:15 AM
- Latest update: M6 lane 1 closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.404325, -1.176515
- Latitude span
- 52.401483 – 52.405134
- Longitude span
- -1.184790 – -1.167435
- Bounding box centre
- 52.403309, -1.176113
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- A14 eastbound between M1/M6 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CC283468-0108-4865-AC5E-DB35A335B983}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 117 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.405134 -1.18159 52.405134 -1.18159 52.405133 -1.181374 52.405131 -1.180896 52.405097 -1.179892 52.405096 -1.179867
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {BCA91A01-CDF7-4570-8E42-EE7E466D40C3}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 21 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.404771 -1.176923 52.404719 -1.176616
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {567ECDF7-E25C-4A6B-9E83-C59AD2A458EA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 51 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.405096 -1.179867 52.405082 -1.179391 52.405062 -1.179106
Segment 4
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {0DBB8568-C53B-46BB-91AA-53A9BA4A12F0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 532 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.404719 -1.176616 52.404654 -1.176244 52.404532 -1.175675 52.404436 -1.17522 52.404299 -1.174665 52.404119 -1.173978 52.40398 -1.173512 52.403704 -1.172581 52.403459 -1.171819 52.403381 -1.171614 52.403216 -1.171235 52.402965 -1.170688 52.402507 -1.16974
Segment 5
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {4853159A-F09B-41FF-BC3B-BA1D804B1BFA}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 449 m
- To Distance
- 666 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.405105 -1.18479 52.405103 -1.183925 52.405134 -1.18159 52.405134 -1.18159
Segment 6
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {146F04F1-5378-4195-A374-272965563890}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 39 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.40486 -1.177484 52.404771 -1.176923
Segment 7
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M6 southbound to A14 eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {0794B0A2-287D-4AAA-A56A-DC61FC2ED9F1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 112 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.405062 -1.179106 52.405053 -1.178965 52.405006 -1.178533 52.404929 -1.177915 52.40486 -1.177484
Segment 8
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- A14 eastbound between M1/M6 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- A14
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {91D13D3B-3397-46DA-8D5C-E998FF8981A1}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 194 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 39
- First coordinate pair
- -1.181590, 52.405134
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 39
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 10:40 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 2:55 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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