M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/2 to 268/5)
PlannedM6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/2 to 268/5)
- Start time
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 9:30 PM
- Expected end
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J17 And J16
- Category
- Authority Operation
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected, 2 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Other
Active
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, Nov 7, 2025 1:12 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 1:43 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 270/2 to 268/5)
- Coordinates
- 53.139883, -2.337042
- Latitude span
- 53.132235 – 53.147667
- Longitude span
- -2.340775 – -2.335725
- Bounding box centre
- 53.139951, -2.338250
- 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
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 9:30 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- 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
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {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 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {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 3
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {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 4
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {CA07BC37-E26F-433C-B7D5-0C3E8431EC4F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 23 m
- To Distance
- 634 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.147667 -2.340775 53.146932 -2.340174 53.145676 -2.339252 53.144949 -2.338813 53.144258 -2.338404 53.143801 -2.338146 53.14311 -2.337797 53.142542 -2.337517
Segment 5
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {57856204-5C90-479D-8CBC-98045A76C02C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 296 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.134899 -2.335879 53.133614 -2.335809 53.132235 -2.335725
Segment 6
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {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
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 31
- First coordinate pair
- -2.337081, 53.141485
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 31
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Authority Operation
- 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
- Fri, Nov 7, 2025 1:12 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Jan 31, 2026 1:43 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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