M6 Southbound Jct 31a Entry slip road closure

Cleared

M6 Southbound Jct 31a Entry slip road closure

Start time
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:05 PM
Expected end
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
4 hours 40 minutes 1 second
Road
M6 – M6 J31A Southbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Reason
Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:05 PM
Last updated
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 11:14 PM
Cleared
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 11:45 PM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 31a Entry slip road closure
Coordinates
53.790936, -2.657640
Latitude span
53.788753 – 53.792042
Longitude span
-2.659176 – -2.655179
Bounding box centre
53.790398, -2.657178
Location descriptions
  • M6 J31A southbound access
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:05 PM
Overall feed end
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours 55 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

38 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J31A southbound access
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{0ABBE8DF-D6E3-4155-92E5-10016ADAFD65}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
15 m
To Distance
564 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
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53.791791 -2.655266
53.791814 -2.655297
53.791858 -2.655358
53.791894 -2.655419
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53.791974 -2.655663
53.791991 -2.65577
53.792017 -2.655983
53.792042 -2.656272
53.792041 -2.65653
53.79203 -2.656788
53.792002 -2.65706
53.791974 -2.657242
53.791928 -2.657469
53.791864 -2.657681
53.791809 -2.657862
53.791763 -2.657983
53.791756 -2.657998
53.791663 -2.658209
53.791518 -2.65848
53.791418 -2.658615
53.791255 -2.658794
53.791084 -2.658943
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53.790067 -2.65911
53.789906 -2.659031
53.789745 -2.658938
53.789566 -2.658798
53.789476 -2.658706
53.789387 -2.658598
53.789306 -2.658521
53.789164 -2.658306
53.789048 -2.658168

Segment 2

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J31A southbound access
Lanes Restricted
2 lanes restricted
Operational Lanes
0 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
{76D23610-45C3-466E-8E55-F9ABAB9FCFD6}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
40 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.789048 -2.658168
53.788868 -2.657952
53.788753 -2.657814
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
41
First coordinate pair
-2.655179, 53.791726
Road section segments
1
Road section points
41
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Roadworks
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Carriageway Closures
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
8
Record created
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 7:05 PM
Record versioned
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 11:14 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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