M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 278/4 to 276/0)
ClearedM6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 278/4 to 276/0)
- Start time
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, Aug 10, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Within J18
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected, 2 of 1 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 8:50 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Aug 10, 2026 4:40 AM
- Cleared
- Mon, Aug 10, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 278/4 to 276/0)
- Coordinates
- 53.201189, -2.386528
- Latitude span
- 53.193323 – 53.213726
- Longitude span
- -2.388567 – -2.383070
- Bounding box centre
- 53.203525, -2.385819
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound within J18
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- M6 southbound between J18 and J17
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Aug 10, 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J18
- 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
- {1235BDB6-E4F7-43CB-BEB5-F5DE3845F42C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 432 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.204804 -2.387638 53.203435 -2.387569 53.202366 -2.387515 53.201701 -2.387494 53.200919 -2.387382
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- 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
- {D74576C8-34AB-48B7-BFDE-2D8A6B208E94}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 395 m
- To Distance
- 508 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.213726 -2.388567 53.213311 -2.388467 53.212718 -2.388372
Segment 3
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J18 and J17
- 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
- {3A6A3C74-6160-4984-AAAF-A336272EEC2E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 418 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.196686 -2.385806 53.196448 -2.385665 53.195963 -2.385422 53.195874 -2.385357 53.195649 -2.385194 53.195354 -2.384967 53.195067 -2.38474 53.194789 -2.384498 53.194466 -2.384211 53.194126 -2.383908 53.193812 -2.383591 53.193507 -2.383274 53.193323 -2.38307
Segment 4
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {2BC90399-03B3-4C4B-BFF4-D0F0D7376850}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 835 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.212718 -2.388372 53.210697 -2.388045 53.209969 -2.387928 53.209079 -2.387858 53.20845 -2.387809 53.205223 -2.387658
Segment 5
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J18
- 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
- {04DC5069-9E9E-46B8-A303-7FB8552B8F05}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 373 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.199931 -2.387179 53.199523 -2.3871 53.198782 -2.386843 53.19805 -2.386563 53.197418 -2.386239 53.196686 -2.385806
Segment 6
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 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
- {9FE22418-D71E-4BF5-A242-2D807D00F671}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 46 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.205223 -2.387658 53.204804 -2.387638
Segment 7
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J18
- 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
- {192293CD-12E6-4473-AAA6-6F6D0C69B98E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 110 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.200919 -2.387382 53.200865 -2.387382 53.200056 -2.387225 53.199931 -2.387179
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 39
- First coordinate pair
- -2.387638, 53.204804
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 39
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
- Sun, Aug 9, 2026 8:50 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Aug 10, 2026 4:40 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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