M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1 and 2 closure (465/5B to 463/3B)

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M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1 and 2 closure (465/5B to 463/3B)

Start time
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 7:00 PM
Expected end
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
9 hours 5 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M6 – M6 Southbound Within J41
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 10:02 AM
Last updated
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 3:38 AM
Cleared
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 4:05 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1 and 2 closure (465/5B to 463/3B)
Coordinates
54.693572, -2.791013
Latitude span
54.684379 – 54.704268
Longitude span
-2.791788 – -2.788983
Bounding box centre
54.694324, -2.790386
Location descriptions
  • M6 southbound within J41
  • M6 southbound between J42 and J41
  • M6 southbound between J41 and J40
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 7:00 PM
Overall feed end
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 5:00 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

8 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound within J41
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
{58B4F7EE-75DB-48A0-B781-2B2F3F7CA733}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
427 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.692984 -2.791582
54.692571 -2.791574
54.692086 -2.791533
54.691708 -2.791494
54.691179 -2.791438
54.690658 -2.791381
54.69029 -2.791312
54.689159 -2.791026

Segment 2

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound within J41
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
{6F7C3AD1-AC1F-4503-98BF-F8914E4A78F9}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
300 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.69675 -2.791246
54.695597 -2.791409
54.695095 -2.791451
54.694522 -2.791483
54.694055 -2.791543

Segment 3

11 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J42 and J41
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
{B6C531A2-F2F9-42D5-AE1A-DB08BC20C295}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,226 m
To Distance
2,065 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.704268 -2.791788
54.704216 -2.791773
54.703489 -2.791591
54.702819 -2.791434
54.702084 -2.791301
54.701372 -2.791203
54.700854 -2.791147
54.699903 -2.791097
54.69856 -2.791071
54.697462 -2.791147
54.69675 -2.791246

Segment 4

10 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J41 and J40
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
{7C797614-C914-4C26-B458-97BE330DBE01}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
550 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.689159 -2.791026
54.688405 -2.790888
54.687356 -2.790572
54.686818 -2.790376
54.686244 -2.790116
54.685886 -2.789939
54.685376 -2.78965
54.684874 -2.789345
54.684624 -2.78917
54.684379 -2.788983

Segment 5

2 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound within J41
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
{B634644C-7344-4D12-91A4-0E3FD2CC3FED}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
119 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.694055 -2.791543
54.692984 -2.791582
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
36
First coordinate pair
-2.791582, 54.692984
Road section segments
1
Road section points
36
View geometry JSON
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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
5
Record created
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 10:02 AM
Record versioned
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 3:38 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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