M6 Northbound Jct 42 Entry slip road Lane 1 closure

Planned

M6 Northbound Jct 42 Entry slip road Lane 1 closure

Start time
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 6:00 PM
Expected end
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
10 hours
Road
M6 – M6 J42 Northbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Wed, Aug 5, 2026 11:46 AM
Last updated
Tue, Aug 11, 2026 11:49 PM
Cleared
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 4:00 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Northbound Jct 42 Entry slip road Lane 1 closure
Coordinates
54.860068, -2.878081
Latitude span
54.858557 – 54.863530
Longitude span
-2.879051 – -2.876772
Bounding box centre
54.861044, -2.877912
Location descriptions
  • M6 J42 northbound access
  • M6 northbound between J42 and J43
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 6:00 PM
Overall feed end
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 4:00 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

10 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J42 northbound access
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
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{6C82979C-6E42-49F4-A112-2FAA8827A2B3}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
7 m
To Distance
283 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.858557 -2.879051
54.85862 -2.878945
54.858729 -2.878807
54.858837 -2.878701
54.858982 -2.878597
54.859027 -2.878565
54.859424 -2.87834
54.859614 -2.878219
54.860227 -2.87789
54.860859 -2.87753

Segment 2

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 northbound between J42 and J43
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 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
{C35A4716-4232-48AA-AC68-159B2E1BDECB}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
301 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.860859 -2.87753
54.860915 -2.877515
54.861138 -2.877458
54.861705 -2.877299
54.86353 -2.876772
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
15
First coordinate pair
-2.879051, 54.858557
Road section segments
1
Road section points
15
View geometry JSON
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                -2.878701,
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                54.860859
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            ],
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                -2.877299,
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            ],
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                -2.876772,
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            ]
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View road section coordinates
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    [
        [
            -2.879051,
            54.858557
        ],
        [
            -2.878945,
            54.85862
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        [
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            54.858729
        ],
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        ],
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            -2.878597,
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            -2.87834,
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            -2.878219,
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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            -2.877299,
            54.861705
        ],
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            -2.876772,
            54.86353
        ]
    ]
]
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
1
Record created
Wed, Aug 5, 2026 11:46 AM
Record versioned
Tue, Aug 11, 2026 11:49 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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