M6 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 273/2 to 271/0)
PlannedM6 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 273/2 to 271/0)
- Start time
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Apr 30, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J18 And J17
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
Active
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Apr 28, 2026 9:06 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026 8:14 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Apr 30, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 273/2 to 271/0)
- Coordinates
- 53.161229, -2.352388
- Latitude span
- 53.153131 – 53.171825
- Longitude span
- -2.359638 – -2.346329
- Bounding box centre
- 53.162478, -2.352984
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J18 and J17
- M6 southbound within J17
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Apr 30, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
19 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J18 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {D429F958-DF27-4A58-AF95-13DD20E03F19}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,614 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.168785 -2.357433 53.168097 -2.35699 53.165854 -2.355546 53.165603 -2.355384 53.164239 -2.354523 53.163611 -2.354126 53.163279 -2.353929 53.162723 -2.353566 53.161727 -2.352929 53.161099 -2.352535 53.159986 -2.351823 53.159125 -2.351293 53.158416 -2.350838 53.157205 -2.350021 53.156326 -2.349311 53.156129 -2.349145 53.156039 -2.349069 53.155474 -2.348586 53.155322 -2.34845
Segment 2
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J18 and J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {8E7200E3-3C28-44CD-819A-A11B242D9641}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 244 m
- To Distance
- 613 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.171825 -2.359638 53.171389 -2.359307 53.170519 -2.358675 53.170034 -2.358323 53.169801 -2.35816 53.169317 -2.357823 53.168815 -2.35746 53.168785 -2.357433
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {20E27471-0A2A-4F9D-8288-F2CCDDD6378E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 29 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.15335 -2.346565 53.153224 -2.34643 53.153131 -2.346329
Segment 4
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J17
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- 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
- {A9FE7736-80C8-4AE8-92FC-8FB96558AC38}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 253 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.155322 -2.34845 53.15464 -2.347877 53.15404 -2.347289 53.154013 -2.34726 53.153654 -2.346882 53.15335 -2.346565
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 36
- First coordinate pair
- -2.357433, 53.168785
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 36
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Other
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Apr 28, 2026 9:06 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026 8:14 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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