M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure with Narrow lanes (Mp 459/4 - 455/7)
ClearedM6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure with Narrow lanes (Mp 459/4 - 455/7)
- Start time
- Tue, May 26, 2026 1:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, May 29, 2026 7:00 PM
- Duration
- 3 days 6 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Within J40
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, May 26, 2026 12:39 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, May 28, 2026 11:38 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, May 29, 2026 7:00 PM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure with Narrow lanes (Mp 459/4 - 455/7)
- Coordinates
- 54.642963, -2.740821
- Latitude span
- 54.628882 – 54.653686
- Longitude span
- -2.761145 – -2.723972
- Bounding box centre
- 54.641284, -2.742559
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound within J40
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, May 26, 2026 1:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, May 29, 2026 7:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 3 days 6 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J40
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {B5803AB0-E28E-415C-836C-A7E77D4F4360}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 384 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {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
54.646808 -2.745155 54.646209 -2.743598 54.645622 -2.742232 54.644899 -2.740673 54.644386 -2.739682 54.643969 -2.738904 54.643579 -2.738247 54.64331 -2.737764
Segment 4
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {26F06597-2BBF-4212-A487-6AB9A4075EBB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 937 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 54.632042 -2.725862 54.631398 -2.725432 54.630906 -2.725113 54.630028 -2.724602 54.629446 -2.724266 54.629087 -2.724074 54.628882 -2.723972
Segment 5
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- 473 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.649061 -2.75137 54.649052 -2.751348 54.648848 -2.750849 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 6
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J40
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {0C1D909F-B507-448A-A220-CDDF0AD7A451}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 131 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.653513 -2.760854 54.653469 -2.76076 54.653113 -2.760118 54.652714 -2.759351
Segment 7
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {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 8
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J40
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {1742DCF7-E509-4D83-98EC-2ECE8F1F15B0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 266 m
- To Distance
- 293 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 78
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
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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
- 96
- Record created
- Tue, May 26, 2026 12:39 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, May 28, 2026 11:38 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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