M6 Southbound lanes 1, 2 and 3 closure (MP 316/5 to 314/5)
ClearedM6 Southbound lanes 1, 2 and 3 closure (MP 316/5 to 314/5)
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:36 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 14 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J24 And J23
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 3 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:43 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:19 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:50 PM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lanes 1, 2 and 3 closure (MP 316/5 to 314/5)
- Coordinates
- 53.480770, -2.644636
- Latitude span
- 53.473057 – 53.487309
- Longitude span
- -2.653068 – -2.634869
- Bounding box centre
- 53.480183, -2.643969
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J24 and J23
- M6 southbound within J23
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:36 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 24 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J24 and J23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {6EE69D62-346F-4729-B6AA-95AE96CDFD30}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 223 m
- To Distance
- 300 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.487309 -2.653068 53.486686 -2.652559
Segment 2
17 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J24 and J23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {B0D3B501-7E87-48A1-BCDC-B8CB29D20692}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 713 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
22 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J24 and J23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {782F9E3E-544F-4764-A139-AFEE1E2482CB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 923 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.486641 -2.652519 53.48646 -2.652359 53.486307 -2.652221 53.48595 -2.651869 53.485431 -2.651334 53.485146 -2.651013 53.484713 -2.650524 53.484618 -2.650417 53.484404 -2.650158 53.483895 -2.649532 53.483833 -2.649456 53.483413 -2.648892 53.482851 -2.64813 53.482396 -2.64746 53.482058 -2.646942 53.481879 -2.646668 53.481487 -2.646029 53.481309 -2.645725 53.480837 -2.644889 53.480597 -2.644451 53.480303 -2.643917 53.480233 -2.64379
Segment 4
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {763FFC13-7EF6-46D6-96D8-70ECBFCC154E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 271 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.475206 -2.636818 53.473679 -2.635394 53.473304 -2.635072 53.473057 -2.634869
Segment 5
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J24 and J23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {81F81D0F-F7EE-4053-BC3B-13CD32816A8F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 5 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.486686 -2.652559 53.48667 -2.652545 53.486641 -2.652519
Segment 6
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J24 and J23
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 3 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 1 operational lane
- 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
- {4905B81F-5E2E-4989-AC95-47719E3CD2FD}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 13 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 50
- First coordinate pair
- -2.653068, 53.487309
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 50
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:43 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:19 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Expected to clear in 1 year 5 months
Started 5 Apr 2026, 20:35
Expected clear 31 Mar 2028, 23:59
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Category: Road Maintenance
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Expected to clear in 1 year 5 months
Started 1 Apr 2026, 00:01
Expected clear 31 Mar 2028, 23:59
M62 Eastbound and Westbound mobile hardshoulder closure (MP 12/0 - 28/2)
Category: Road Maintenance
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M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 320/9 to 319/6)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
St. Helens
M6 · M6 Southbound Between J26 And J25
Cleared 34 minutes 13 seconds ago
Started 15 Oct 2026, 23:00
Ended 15 Oct 2026, 23:20
M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 320/9 to 319/6)
Category: Construction Work
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M6 Southbound lanes 1, 2 and 3 closure (MP 316/5 to 314/5)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
St. Helens
M6 · M6 Southbound Between J24 And J23
Cleared 1 hour 54 minutes ago
Started 15 Oct 2026, 22:00
Ended 15 Oct 2026, 22:00
M6 Southbound lanes 1, 2 and 3 closure (MP 316/5 to 314/5)
Category: Road Maintenance
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