M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1/2 closure (Mp 482/3 - 477/8)
ClearedM6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1/2 closure (Mp 482/3 - 477/8)
- Start time
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Jul 11, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 40 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound At The Southwaite Services 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
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 1:41 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:13 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:40 PM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1/2 closure (Mp 482/3 - 477/8)
- Coordinates
- 54.820229, -2.883747
- Latitude span
- 54.801993 – 54.840570
- Longitude span
- -2.889296 – -2.871476
- Bounding box centre
- 54.821282, -2.880386
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound at the Southwaite services between J42 and J41
- M6 southbound between J42 and J41
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Jul 11, 2026 4:00 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound at the Southwaite services 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
- {B06C3E18-4D55-4E64-BE1F-C4B7DE44E096}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 173 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.803514 -2.872063 54.802152 -2.871524 54.801993 -2.871476
Segment 2
20 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
- {732EAC8D-776D-43C1-A324-F727AC68FC21}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 999 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.826076 -2.889017 54.825521 -2.88892 54.825198 -2.888835 54.824866 -2.88875 54.824741 -2.888716 54.82422 -2.88857 54.82414 -2.888547 54.823593 -2.888379 54.823404 -2.888329 54.822651 -2.888063 54.821872 -2.887766 54.821412 -2.887553 54.821164 -2.887439 54.820645 -2.887179 54.820367 -2.887048 54.819812 -2.886756 54.81915 -2.886368 54.818461 -2.885932 54.817656 -2.885417 54.817397 -2.885215
Segment 3
15 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
- {E65F4998-AFE0-4930-8F4E-35B04676A1E1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 14 m
- To Distance
- 953 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.84057 -2.886817 54.839607 -2.887236 54.839174 -2.887414 54.838273 -2.887752 54.837867 -2.887899 54.837824 -2.887913 54.837083 -2.888162 54.836444 -2.88835 54.835714 -2.888568 54.834859 -2.888767 54.833995 -2.888919 54.833617 -2.888989 54.832574 -2.889137 54.832439 -2.88915 54.832261 -2.889174
Segment 4
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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {47F3A0AD-52B6-4DD5-9192-819AC4C78716}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,769 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {09EC4243-0515-49B3-B6DA-94E6E0A03980}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 689 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.832261 -2.889174 54.830778 -2.889265 54.829623 -2.889296 54.828532 -2.889285 54.827431 -2.889222 54.826328 -2.88908 54.826076 -2.889017
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 75
- First coordinate pair
- -2.872063, 54.803514
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 75
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 1:41 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Jul 10, 2026 6:13 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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