M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1/2 closure (Mp 471/2 - 466/6)
ClearedM6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1/2 closure (Mp 471/2 - 466/6)
- Start time
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 5:49 PM
- Expected end
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 6 hours 26 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J42 And 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
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 5:49 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 11:44 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 12:15 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1/2 closure (Mp 471/2 - 466/6)
- Coordinates
- 54.732983, -2.805164
- Latitude span
- 54.713925 – 54.752654
- Longitude span
- -2.818046 – -2.795749
- Bounding box centre
- 54.733290, -2.806898
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 5:49 PM
- Overall feed end
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours 11 minutes
- 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
6 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {8F13C8E0-F93A-4AB4-AEFE-1612EA789D31}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 411 m
- To Distance
- 794 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.752654 -2.818046 54.752196 -2.817628 54.750847 -2.816404 54.750303 -2.815896 54.750097 -2.815706 54.749601 -2.815276
Segment 2
3 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 120 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.714954 -2.796339 54.714928 -2.796325 54.713925 -2.795749
Segment 3
30 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5412DA63-B974-4217-9AA9-A01D0FF1413B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 2,281 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
7 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E9F97412-3E1B-4E5E-90F4-CA6D124C2D84}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 495 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.746664 -2.812827 54.746254 -2.812507 54.745253 -2.811696 54.743578 -2.810387 54.743277 -2.81016 54.74317 -2.810083 54.742602 -2.809674
Segment 5
4 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
- {1204D9CB-B41F-40CC-BD71-A0701D0E30FD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 362 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.749601 -2.815276 54.749594 -2.815269 54.748516 -2.814338 54.746664 -2.812827
Segment 6
14 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
- {38AC937E-3BDD-4F9C-99A3-6DD6B4E262EB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 920 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 64
- First coordinate pair
- -2.818046, 54.752654
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 64
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 5:49 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Jul 20, 2026 11:44 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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