M6 Northbound and Southbound Jct 41 to 42 Lane 3 closure (Mp 477/3 - 482/1)
ClearedM6 Northbound and Southbound Jct 41 to 42 Lane 3 closure (Mp 477/3 - 482/1)
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 7:39 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 7:00 PM
- Duration
- 4 hours 21 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J42 And J41
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 7:39 PM
- Last updated
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 11:36 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 12:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Northbound and Southbound Jct 41 to 42 Lane 3 closure (Mp 477/3 - 482/1)
- Coordinates
- 54.818571, -2.882984
- Latitude span
- 54.797542 – 54.838939
- Longitude span
- -2.889296 – -2.870456
- Bounding box centre
- 54.818241, -2.879876
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- M6 southbound at the Southwaite services between J42 and J41
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 7:39 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 7:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 23 hours 21 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {E65F4998-AFE0-4930-8F4E-35B04676A1E1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 201 m
- To Distance
- 953 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.838939 -2.887502 54.838273 -2.887752 54.837867 -2.887899 54.837824 -2.887913 54.837083 -2.888162 54.836444 -2.88835 54.835714 -2.888568 54.834859 -2.888767 54.833995 -2.888919 54.833617 -2.888989 54.832574 -2.889137 54.832439 -2.88915 54.832261 -2.889174
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound at the Southwaite services between J42 and J41
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B06C3E18-4D55-4E64-BE1F-C4B7DE44E096}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 673 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.803514 -2.872063 54.802152 -2.871524 54.80155 -2.871339 54.799293 -2.870938 54.798764 -2.870833 54.798019 -2.87063 54.797542 -2.870456
Segment 3
30 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {47F3A0AD-52B6-4DD5-9192-819AC4C78716}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,769 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.817397 -2.885215 54.816628 -2.884678 54.815672 -2.883895 54.815449 -2.883703 54.815154 -2.883448 54.814949 -2.883288 54.814645 -2.88297 54.814279 -2.882635 54.814021 -2.882387 54.813797 -2.882174 54.813521 -2.881903 54.812789 -2.881156 54.812415 -2.88073 54.8118 -2.880029 54.81123 -2.879332 54.810989 -2.879063 54.81066 -2.878666 54.810276 -2.878222 54.809608 -2.877414 54.809029 -2.876748 54.8082 -2.87575 54.807496 -2.874973 54.806934 -2.8744 54.806604 -2.874098 54.806068 -2.873651 54.805791 -2.873427 54.805728 -2.873363 54.80478 -2.87272 54.804422 -2.872495 54.803514 -2.872063
Segment 4
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {09EC4243-0515-49B3-B6DA-94E6E0A03980}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 689 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.832261 -2.889174 54.830778 -2.889265 54.829623 -2.889296 54.828532 -2.889285 54.827431 -2.889222 54.826328 -2.88908 54.826076 -2.889017
Segment 5
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {732EAC8D-776D-43C1-A324-F727AC68FC21}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 999 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 77
- First coordinate pair
- -2.887502, 54.838939
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 77
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 7:39 PM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 11:36 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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