M6 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 324/8 to 324/4)
ClearedM6 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 324/8 to 324/4)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 8:00 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 4:00 PM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J27 And J26
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Repair Work
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 6:32 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 10:54 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 4:00 PM
- Latest update: M6 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 324/8 to 324/4)
- Coordinates
- 53.548379, -2.699296
- Latitude span
- 53.546588 – 53.550043
- Longitude span
- -2.700259 – -2.698379
- Bounding box centre
- 53.548316, -2.699319
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J27 and J26
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 8:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 4:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours
- 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
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J27 and J26
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {E8F9C0B1-414D-448F-86B5-FC54CE52D5A4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 256 m
- To Distance
- 412 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.550043 -2.700259 53.549882 -2.700153 53.549157 -2.699689 53.548727 -2.699455
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J27 and J26
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {516010A5-7CD9-48BD-BDFB-2D6213B0AF68}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 248 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.548727 -2.699455 53.548601 -2.699378 53.548238 -2.699191 53.548117 -2.699128 53.547383 -2.698739 53.546701 -2.698426 53.546588 -2.698379
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 11
- First coordinate pair
- -2.700259, 53.550043
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 11
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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-2.700259,
53.550043
],
[
-2.700153,
53.549882
],
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-2.699689,
53.549157
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53.548727
],
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-2.699378,
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],
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],
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],
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],
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-2.698426,
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],
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]
]
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 6:32 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 10:54 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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