M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/2 to 267/8)
PlannedM6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/2 to 267/8)
- Start time
- Tue, Apr 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Apr 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J17 And J16
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Active
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 7:58 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Apr 8, 2026 4:52 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Apr 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/2 to 267/8)
- Coordinates
- 53.137957, -2.336784
- Latitude span
- 53.126339 – 53.147649
- Longitude span
- -2.340760 – -2.335361
- Bounding box centre
- 53.136994, -2.338061
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Apr 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Apr 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 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
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes 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
- {09821579-8D76-43D9-AE2E-3D51F2C0CD26}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 283 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.137441 -2.336073 53.13702 -2.336 53.136697 -2.335968 53.13622 -2.335949 53.135906 -2.335932 53.13551 -2.335899 53.135115 -2.335896 53.134899 -2.335879
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {95BE87C7-DDD7-47E0-9003-5C4690E3A5D6}
- 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
53.141485 -2.337081 53.141436 -2.337059
Segment 3
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {CA07BC37-E26F-433C-B7D5-0C3E8431EC4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 637 m
- To Distance
- 756 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.142517 -2.337505 53.142185 -2.337341 53.14196 -2.337265 53.141485 -2.337081
Segment 4
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {64E44D73-22A9-4861-9F86-1172BBD1B050}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 449 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.141436 -2.337059 53.14056 -2.336775 53.139375 -2.336445 53.139338 -2.336437 53.138655 -2.336282 53.137441 -2.336073
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- 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
- {14AFAE6A-BCF6-4C81-B40B-BA36C1CEB824}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 90 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.127155 -2.335405 53.126339 -2.335361
Segment 6
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes 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
- {57856204-5C90-479D-8CBC-98045A76C02C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 862 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.134899 -2.335879 53.133614 -2.335809 53.132203 -2.335724 53.130549 -2.335621 53.129192 -2.335521 53.127709 -2.335434 53.127155 -2.335405
Segment 7
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 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
- {CA07BC37-E26F-433C-B7D5-0C3E8431EC4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 25 m
- To Distance
- 634 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 37
- First coordinate pair
- -2.336073, 53.137441
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 37
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Mar 24, 2026 7:58 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Apr 8, 2026 4:52 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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