M6 Northbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 261/2 to 266/2)
ClearedM6 Northbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 261/2 to 266/2)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 9:08 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 6 hours 22 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M6 – M6 Northbound Between J16 And J17
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 9:08 PM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 3:09 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 3:30 AM
- Latest update: M6 Northbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 261/2 to 266/2)
- Coordinates
- 53.092440, -2.340936
- Latitude span
- 53.074383 – 53.111594
- Longitude span
- -2.343562 – -2.337163
- Bounding box centre
- 53.092989, -2.340363
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 9:08 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 52 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {DF3F3101-6C2B-4F2C-9D13-758DE66A7BE3}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 617 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.10301 -2.34077 53.103199 -2.340696 53.104009 -2.340403 53.105223 -2.33998 53.107131 -2.339278 53.107473 -2.339159 53.108139 -2.338927 53.108438 -2.338817
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {22B39A76-8876-4A18-94BD-6E6F9EC95571}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 287 m
- To Distance
- 414 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.074383 -2.337163 53.074399 -2.337171 53.074641 -2.337291 53.075395 -2.3377 53.075467 -2.337745
Segment 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {862F8C01-5DC0-4F89-8F2B-D8672D9128C3}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 598 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.097751 -2.342642 53.097757 -2.342639 53.098538 -2.342376 53.099581 -2.341996 53.100724 -2.341572 53.101624 -2.341266 53.102794 -2.340849 53.10301 -2.34077
Segment 4
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {AAC27DD5-DCEA-4386-8058-28BBDE1E0FF9}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 359 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.108438 -2.338817 53.109093 -2.338579 53.1093 -2.338503 53.109723 -2.338357 53.110101 -2.338211 53.11118 -2.337846 53.111594 -2.33768
Segment 5
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D39EE90B-1833-4947-A07E-C445CFC32C41}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 564 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.081032 -2.34055 53.081039 -2.340552 53.081571 -2.340808 53.081975 -2.340991 53.082424 -2.341174 53.082747 -2.34134 53.084004 -2.341858 53.084937 -2.342238 53.085764 -2.342544 53.085952 -2.342605
Segment 6
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {9245E72A-228E-46F6-B23A-ED6A4E006D95}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 378 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.094382 -2.343404 53.094606 -2.343375 53.095479 -2.343218 53.096064 -2.343088 53.096954 -2.342871 53.097719 -2.342653 53.097751 -2.342642
Segment 7
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {5A2E5876-A64A-4AEB-96A8-0A068222FE49}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 647 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.075467 -2.337745 53.076014 -2.338034 53.076786 -2.338442 53.077657 -2.338912 53.078554 -2.339367 53.080188 -2.340156 53.081032 -2.34055
Segment 8
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 northbound between J16 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3F133E2D-10D8-4A45-8F39-F30DBA0C6033}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 942 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 66
- First coordinate pair
- -2.340770, 53.103010
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 66
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- Cause type
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- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 23, 2026 9:08 PM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 3:09 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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