M6 Southbound Junction 40 to 39 lane 1 and 2 closure (451/0B to 447/9B)
ClearedM6 Southbound Junction 40 to 39 lane 1 and 2 closure (451/0B to 447/9B)
- Start time
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 5 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J40 And J39
- 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
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 9:12 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 5:45 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 6:05 PM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound Junction 40 to 39 lane 1 and 2 closure (451/0B to 447/9B)
- Coordinates
- 54.576486, -2.693893
- Latitude span
- 54.563681 – 54.589353
- Longitude span
- -2.701255 – -2.683073
- Bounding box centre
- 54.576517, -2.692164
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 22, 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- 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
- {1C677D2C-0DBD-4CB9-AE22-E5439B1198D5}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 396 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.566522 -2.686757 54.566487 -2.686726 54.56629 -2.686506 54.565844 -2.685973 54.565415 -2.685502 54.565103 -2.685063 54.5648 -2.684687 54.5643 -2.683998 54.563681 -2.683073
Segment 2
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {80989185-8B19-4737-84F5-2D987BA3B180}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 110 m
- To Distance
- 1,035 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.589353 -2.701255 54.588916 -2.701247 54.588682 -2.701243 54.58834 -2.701238 54.587999 -2.701201 54.58755 -2.701131 54.587326 -2.701096 54.587101 -2.701046 54.58641 -2.700879 54.585917 -2.700732 54.585218 -2.700441 54.584733 -2.700232 54.584258 -2.700007 54.58425 -2.700002 54.583802 -2.699752 54.583139 -2.699353 54.582575 -2.698941 54.58219 -2.698656 54.581546 -2.698181 54.581333 -2.698024
Segment 3
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CFF8F5B0-1706-4EB2-93FD-9C2555BA38BD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 843 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.573414 -2.692136 54.573409 -2.692133 54.573242 -2.692006 54.572642 -2.691594 54.571129 -2.690501 54.570449 -2.690025 54.569617 -2.689393 54.569115 -2.689059 54.568346 -2.688459 54.567818 -2.688017 54.56747 -2.687701 54.566719 -2.686977 54.566522 -2.686757
Segment 4
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C85FE79F-F994-45B6-B33F-296EB4666CDF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 959 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
54.581333 -2.698024 54.580946 -2.697738 54.577805 -2.695441 54.575443 -2.693683 54.573419 -2.69214 54.573414 -2.692136
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 48
- First coordinate pair
- -2.686757, 54.566522
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 48
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
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 9:12 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 5:45 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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