M6 Southbound Jct 40 - 39 Lane 1 closure (Mp 443/3 - 440/3)
ClearedM6 Southbound Jct 40 - 39 Lane 1 closure (Mp 443/3 - 440/3)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 5 hours 5 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J40 And J39
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 2, 2026 12:35 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:43 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 11:05 PM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 40 - 39 Lane 1 closure (Mp 443/3 - 440/3)
- Coordinates
- 54.512035, -2.651496
- Latitude span
- 54.500106 – 54.525763
- Longitude span
- -2.658821 – -2.644268
- Bounding box centre
- 54.512935, -2.651545
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- M6 southbound within J39
- M6 southbound between J39 and J38
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 17, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- 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
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {7A78982B-C6CC-4CAF-B7D8-BE9086415E4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 199 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.514704 -2.652538 54.514149 -2.652251 54.513467 -2.651962 54.513261 -2.651881 54.513252 -2.651881 54.512967 -2.651772
Segment 2
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {E0522D17-883B-4F7C-A2B4-F1BAE8B0F5BE}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 322 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.511019 -2.650996 54.510561 -2.650865 54.509997 -2.650578 54.509575 -2.650353 54.509253 -2.65018 54.508894 -2.649989 54.508231 -2.649639
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {7A78982B-C6CC-4CAF-B7D8-BE9086415E4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 224 m
- To Distance
- 422 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.51275 -2.651688 54.511368 -2.651156 54.511019 -2.650996
Segment 4
23 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {44D06FB2-D374-4D2E-9FF4-8C3A53C5014E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 806 m
- To Distance
- 2,128 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.525763 -2.65881 54.525041 -2.658821 54.523549 -2.658782 54.523154 -2.658713 54.522616 -2.658612 54.52232 -2.65853 54.521997 -2.658417 54.521468 -2.658192 54.521011 -2.657968 54.520796 -2.657841 54.520223 -2.65743 54.519516 -2.656863 54.518792 -2.656125 54.517747 -2.654981 54.51746 -2.654696 54.517273 -2.65451 54.516969 -2.654196 54.516817 -2.65407 54.516262 -2.653613 54.515752 -2.653219 54.515331 -2.652918 54.514803 -2.652586 54.514704 -2.652538
Segment 5
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J39 and J38
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {8AD304FE-FDD7-45D1-A97D-AD54AA8C4846}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 336 m
- To Distance
- 654 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.502877 -2.645461 54.502628 -2.645304 54.501723 -2.644841 54.5014 -2.644713 54.500979 -2.644538 54.500898 -2.644504 54.500701 -2.644424 54.500106 -2.644268
Segment 6
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J39 and J38
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {8AD304FE-FDD7-45D1-A97D-AD54AA8C4846}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 331 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.505618 -2.647621 54.504893 -2.646961 54.504858 -2.646929 54.504276 -2.64641 54.504061 -2.646253 54.503426 -2.64581 54.502912 -2.645484
Segment 7
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {3E924D32-0FF2-4EB5-8875-46FF9CD45301}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 319 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.508231 -2.649639 54.507434 -2.649086 54.507413 -2.64907 54.506208 -2.648171 54.505618 -2.647621
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 59
- First coordinate pair
- -2.652538, 54.514704
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 59
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 2, 2026 12:35 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 10:43 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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