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M6 Southbound Jct 40 Entry slip road lane 1 closure

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M6 Southbound Jct 40 Entry slip road lane 1 closure

Start time
Sun, Apr 13, 2025 5:00 AM
Expected end
Sat, May 30, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
1 year 1 month 2 weeks
Road
M6 – M6 J40 Southbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Mon, Apr 7, 2025 8:58 PM
Last updated
Wed, Jan 21, 2026 10:08 PM
Cleared
Sat, May 30, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 40 Entry slip road lane 1 closure
Coordinates
54.651055, -2.755419
Latitude span
54.649015 – 54.653028
Longitude span
-2.758552 – -2.751259
Bounding box centre
54.651022, -2.754906
Location descriptions
  • M6 J40 southbound access
  • M6 southbound between J40 and J39
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Sun, Apr 13, 2025 5:00 AM
Overall feed end
Sat, May 30, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
1 year 1 month 2 weeks
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

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J40 southbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane 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
{FCF8C1F6-3DD1-4C0D-A173-63E403400C1F}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
11 m
To Distance
169 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
54.653028 -2.758548
54.652922 -2.758552
54.65275 -2.758516
54.652631 -2.758422
54.652496 -2.758231
54.651941 -2.75724
54.651916 -2.757195

Segment 2

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J40 southbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane 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
{EE3B7BB7-8D38-44BC-B2C5-A69246BC558B}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
193 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
54.651739 -2.75689
54.651456 -2.756414
54.650514 -2.754769

Segment 3

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 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{6ABE19B8-78D8-4D04-9664-6E362147099B}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
272 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
54.650514 -2.754769
54.650106 -2.753878
54.649796 -2.753129
54.649149 -2.751582
54.64914 -2.751567
54.649061 -2.75137

Segment 4

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J40 southbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane 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
{0DE3D9B8-E512-4F99-B10B-66AFF5BF35CA}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
27 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
54.651916 -2.757195
54.651847 -2.757072
54.651771 -2.756944
54.651753 -2.756914
54.651739 -2.75689

Segment 5

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
Start2 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{D62422FB-A6CE-474F-8456-4BCD389EBFC6}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
8 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
54.649061 -2.75137
54.649052 -2.751348
54.649015 -2.751259
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
24
First coordinate pair
-2.758548, 54.653028
Road section segments
1
Road section points
24
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
22
Record created
Mon, Apr 7, 2025 8:58 PM
Record versioned
Wed, Jan 21, 2026 10:08 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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