M6 Southbound Jct 31 Lane 4, 3 and 2 closure (push to exit slip road) switching to lane 1/2 closure (Mp 351/5 to 350/1)

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M6 Southbound Jct 31 Lane 4, 3 and 2 closure (push to exit slip road) switching to lane 1/2 closure (Mp 351/5 to 350/1)

Start time
Sun, Aug 2, 2026 8:59 PM
Expected end
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
6 hours 51 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M6 – M6 Southbound Between J31A And J31
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
3 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Sun, Aug 2, 2026 8:59 PM
Last updated
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 3:29 AM
Cleared
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 3:50 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 31 Lane 4, 3 and 2 closure (push to exit slip road) switching to lane 1/2 closure (Mp 351/5 to 350/1)
Coordinates
53.773488, -2.641232
Latitude span
53.767657 – 53.778973
Longitude span
-2.647035 – -2.636438
Bounding box centre
53.773315, -2.641737
Location descriptions
  • M6 southbound between J31A and J31
  • M6 southbound within J31
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Sun, Aug 2, 2026 8:59 PM
Overall feed end
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 4:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours 1 minute
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

28 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J31A and J31
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 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
{51D23B2A-D2D0-43EA-9266-F8A75D172F78}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
580 m
To Distance
1,838 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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53.778666 -2.64676
53.778272 -2.646405
53.778102 -2.646251
53.777718 -2.645881
53.777414 -2.645588
53.777217 -2.645372
53.77694 -2.64508
53.776851 -2.644973
53.776824 -2.644941
53.77644 -2.644511
53.776092 -2.644096
53.775913 -2.64388
53.77569 -2.643584
53.773637 -2.640856
53.773289 -2.640457
53.772878 -2.63998
53.772377 -2.639441
53.772109 -2.639164
53.771912 -2.638979
53.771608 -2.638716
53.771367 -2.638485
53.771134 -2.638284
53.77083 -2.638067
53.770525 -2.63785
53.770198 -2.637633
53.769567 -2.637214
53.769379 -2.63712

Segment 2

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound within J31
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes Restricted
3 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
2 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{83E6A7B3-336D-436A-8890-9C5ECFD60530}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
196 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.769379 -2.63712
53.769101 -2.636994
53.768735 -2.636843
53.768303 -2.636664
53.767657 -2.636438
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
33
First coordinate pair
-2.647035, 53.778973
Road section segments
1
Road section points
33
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Roadworks
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
5
Record created
Sun, Aug 2, 2026 8:59 PM
Record versioned
Mon, Aug 3, 2026 3:29 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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