M6 Southbound Jct 17 entry slip road closure

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M6 Southbound Jct 17 entry slip road closure

Start time
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 7:57 PM
Expected end
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
9 hours 3 minutes
Road
M6 – M6 J17 Southbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 7:57 PM
Last updated
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 9:27 PM
Cleared
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 17 entry slip road closure
Coordinates
53.153046, -2.345615
Latitude span
53.150778 – 53.153525
Longitude span
-2.346057 – -2.343778
Bounding box centre
53.152152, -2.344918
Location descriptions
  • M6 J17 southbound access
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 7:57 PM
Overall feed end
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 3 minutes
Probability code (raw)
certain
Compliance option (raw)
mandatory
Source identification (raw)
roadworks
Management type value
carriagewayClosures (Carriageway Closures)
Contra-flow flag (raw)
false
Width restriction flag (raw)
false
Height restriction flag (raw)
false
Weight restriction flag (raw)
false

Segment 1

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J17 southbound access
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{934A411F-9A49-4A19-B663-FEFB5EF8A5F0}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
318 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.153362 -2.345839
53.152154 -2.344869
53.150778 -2.343778

Segment 2

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J17 southbound access
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{55645D50-0530-478D-BB4F-9BC136A02404}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
7 m
To Distance
30 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.153525 -2.346057
53.153523 -2.346053
53.15349 -2.346001
53.153455 -2.34595
53.15342 -2.345902
53.153388 -2.345863
53.153362 -2.345839
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
10
First coordinate pair
-2.345839, 53.153362
Road section segments
1
Road section points
10
View geometry JSON
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    "type": "MultiLineString",
    "coordinates": [
        [
            [
                -2.345839,
                53.153362
            ],
            [
                -2.344869,
                53.152154
            ],
            [
                -2.343778,
                53.150778
            ],
            [
                -2.346057,
                53.153525
            ],
            [
                -2.346053,
                53.153523
            ],
            [
                -2.346001,
                53.15349
            ],
            [
                -2.34595,
                53.153455
            ],
            [
                -2.345902,
                53.15342
            ],
            [
                -2.345863,
                53.153388
            ],
            [
                -2.345839,
                53.153362
            ]
        ]
    ]
}
View road section coordinates
[
    [
        [
            -2.345839,
            53.153362
        ],
        [
            -2.344869,
            53.152154
        ],
        [
            -2.343778,
            53.150778
        ],
        [
            -2.346057,
            53.153525
        ],
        [
            -2.346053,
            53.153523
        ],
        [
            -2.346001,
            53.15349
        ],
        [
            -2.34595,
            53.153455
        ],
        [
            -2.345902,
            53.15342
        ],
        [
            -2.345863,
            53.153388
        ],
        [
            -2.345839,
            53.153362
        ]
    ]
]
Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 7:57 PM
Record versioned
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 9:27 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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