M6 southbound lanes 3 and 4 closure (MP 265/5 to 261/2)
ActiveM6 southbound lanes 3 and 4 closure (MP 265/5 to 261/2)
- Start time
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 7:59 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours 1 minute
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J17 And J16
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 1 lanes affected, 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 7:59 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 9:57 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 southbound lanes 3 and 4 closure (MP 265/5 to 261/2)
- Coordinates
- 53.084884, -2.339528
- Latitude span
- 53.065752 – 53.105243
- Longitude span
- -2.343269 – -2.332322
- Bounding box centre
- 53.085498, -2.337796
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- M6 southbound within J16
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 7:59 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours 1 minute
- 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
6 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {FD80F431-CD48-4F3B-8BEE-A2A067CBCD43}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 547 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.086007 -2.342337 53.085639 -2.342214 53.084067 -2.341605 53.082748 -2.341042 53.081428 -2.340434 53.081239 -2.340343
Segment 2
12 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
- {5D9DA64D-2B58-455F-AB97-C5CCB4388B5E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 671 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.081239 -2.340343 53.080512 -2.340009 53.079543 -2.339553 53.078887 -2.33922 53.078555 -2.339068 53.078259 -2.338901 53.077676 -2.338613 53.0765 -2.337992 53.076231 -2.337856 53.076015 -2.337734 53.075746 -2.337583 53.075468 -2.337432
Segment 3
13 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A6A67402-9F97-49DC-B7A8-97F272789124}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 934 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.094365 -2.34312 53.093627 -2.343203 53.093196 -2.343245 53.09244 -2.343269 53.09173 -2.343263 53.090831 -2.343256 53.089708 -2.343172 53.089322 -2.343124 53.08836 -2.342967 53.088055 -2.342905 53.087381 -2.342736 53.086357 -2.342444 53.086007 -2.342337
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5A435B03-C7A8-4391-ADC5-E064AEB4B416}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 120 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.0692 -2.33373 53.068167 -2.333195
Segment 5
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {044ABABD-C006-4264-8131-646D7A622256}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 314 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.071872 -2.33527 53.071231 -2.334934 53.070062 -2.334214 53.0692 -2.33373
Segment 6
7 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
- {B60F9466-B2AC-4F67-955E-D556206E02EB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 425 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.075468 -2.337432 53.075198 -2.337295 53.074507 -2.336932 53.0744 -2.336865 53.073996 -2.336614 53.073771 -2.336493 53.071872 -2.33527
Segment 7
9 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
- {10153077-C221-4950-8DA7-B753A130AB40}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 586 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.102871 -2.340521 53.102795 -2.340547 53.101256 -2.341113 53.100725 -2.341288 53.099771 -2.341654 53.098259 -2.342195 53.097747 -2.34237 53.097721 -2.342375 53.09772 -2.342376
Segment 8
6 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
- {8F3D5A83-EC3F-4BBF-A65D-09AF830586FF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 376 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.09772 -2.342376 53.096982 -2.342573 53.096136 -2.34279 53.095507 -2.342935 53.094409 -2.343105 53.094365 -2.34312
Segment 9
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- 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
- {238B2156-632B-4F04-A657-7330AD3F2BB2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 275 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.068167 -2.333195 53.067673 -2.33296 53.066692 -2.332588 53.066009 -2.33238 53.065752 -2.332322
Segment 10
4 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
- {BACD4A04-1031-4ED0-9828-C0E2462B74FB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 353 m
- To Distance
- 623 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.105243 -2.339674 53.105224 -2.339681 53.104378 -2.339973 53.102871 -2.340521
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 68
- First coordinate pair
- -2.342337, 53.086007
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 68
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- Cause type
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- 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, Aug 6, 2026 7:59 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 9:57 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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