M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 and 2 closures (458/5 - 456/1)
ClearedM6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 and 2 closures (458/5 - 456/1)
- Start time
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 9:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J40 And J39
- Category
- Authority Operation
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Feb 10, 2026 9:23 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 12:06 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 and 2 closures (458/5 - 456/1)
- Coordinates
- 54.640810, -2.735862
- Latitude span
- 54.632257 – 54.648625
- Longitude span
- -2.750270 – -2.726001
- Bounding box centre
- 54.640441, -2.738136
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026 9:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours
- 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
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {397075E5-B5A3-4326-A8AB-EDBC77D27600}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 915 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.64331 -2.737764 54.643027 -2.737307 54.642475 -2.736429 54.642271 -2.736117 54.642208 -2.736021 54.641914 -2.735567 54.641727 -2.735316 54.641014 -2.734342 54.640649 -2.733855 54.640105 -2.733179 54.639471 -2.732424 54.63898 -2.731888 54.63815 -2.731006 54.637873 -2.730737 54.636917 -2.729802 54.636792 -2.72968 54.636646 -2.729539 54.636645 -2.729537
Segment 2
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- 85 m
- To Distance
- 473 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.648625 -2.75027 54.648548 -2.750068 54.648389 -2.749628 54.648254 -2.749257 54.647956 -2.74843 54.64739 -2.746823 54.647264 -2.746449 54.647064 -2.745857 54.646887 -2.745358 54.646808 -2.745155
Segment 3
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {26F06597-2BBF-4212-A487-6AB9A4075EBB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 539 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.636645 -2.729537 54.636318 -2.729222 54.635934 -2.72889 54.635552 -2.728547 54.635283 -2.728303 54.634837 -2.727967 54.634797 -2.727933 54.634792 -2.727928 54.634127 -2.72737 54.633778 -2.727101 54.633698 -2.727034 54.633287 -2.726689 54.633027 -2.726499 54.632257 -2.726001
Segment 4
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {B073CAA9-598A-4A7E-8939-397165904CDB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 617 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 50
- First coordinate pair
- -2.737764, 54.643310
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 50
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- Cause type
- Authority Operation
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Feb 10, 2026 9:23 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 31, 2026 12:06 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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