M6 Southbound Jct 44 exit slip road lane 2 closure

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M6 Southbound Jct 44 exit slip road lane 2 closure

Start time
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 7:51 PM
Expected end
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
2 hours 14 minutes 1 second
Road
M6 – M6 Southbound Between J45 And J44
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 2 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 7:51 PM
Last updated
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 9:26 PM
Cleared
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 10:05 PM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound Jct 44 exit slip road lane 2 closure
Coordinates
54.931173, -2.950823
Latitude span
54.930685 – 54.932072
Longitude span
-2.954940 – -2.947284
Bounding box centre
54.931379, -2.951112
Location descriptions
  • M6 southbound between J45 and J44
  • M6 J44 southbound exit
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 7:51 PM
Overall feed end
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 4:00 AM
Feed window length
8 hours 9 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

9 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J45 and J44
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl2
Lane Number
2
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
{06173B89-97EF-4BEE-8969-CE2FE66D90D1}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,101 m
To Distance
1,305 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.932072 -2.95494
54.931884 -2.954407
54.931805 -2.954171
54.931753 -2.954014
54.9317 -2.953841
54.931604 -2.953495
54.931446 -2.952976
54.931307 -2.952458
54.931219 -2.952128

Segment 2

12 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 J44 southbound exit
Lane Usage
Cl2
Lane Number
2
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane 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
{04219791-B65F-4165-9CB3-72EA93D69A32}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
321 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
54.931219 -2.952128
54.930962 -2.950593
54.930902 -2.950201
54.930817 -2.949559
54.93075 -2.948918
54.930685 -2.948043
54.930686 -2.947949
54.930687 -2.947793
54.930715 -2.947622
54.930771 -2.947452
54.930822 -2.947314
54.930833 -2.947284
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
21
First coordinate pair
-2.954940, 54.932072
Road section segments
1
Road section points
21
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
2
Record created
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 7:51 PM
Record versioned
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 9:26 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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