M6 Southbound lanes 3 and 4 closure (MP 277/1 to 274/6)
ClearedM6 Southbound lanes 3 and 4 closure (MP 277/1 to 274/6)
- Start time
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J18 And J17
- 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
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 7:30 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 2:19 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M6 Southbound lanes 3 and 4 closure (MP 277/1 to 274/6)
- Coordinates
- 53.193956, -2.382230
- Latitude span
- 53.182599 – 53.202893
- Longitude span
- -2.387542 – -2.369582
- Bounding box centre
- 53.192746, -2.378562
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J18 and J17
- M6 southbound within J18
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Aug 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- 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
16 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
- 608 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 53.193221 -2.382957 53.192916 -2.38261 53.19228 -2.381856 53.191931 -2.381421
Segment 2
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
- {1235BDB6-E4F7-43CB-BEB5-F5DE3845F42C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 212 m
- To Distance
- 432 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.202893 -2.387542 53.202366 -2.387515 53.201701 -2.387494 53.200919 -2.387382
Segment 3
3 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
- {CE95B0C3-A463-4342-A945-067DF8C42768}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 313 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.184921 -2.372237 53.184483 -2.371701 53.182599 -2.369582
Segment 4
5 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
- {B1464031-520C-4E2C-BA1C-F7EFE05E1A7F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 546 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.191931 -2.381421 53.190499 -2.379476 53.189372 -2.377969 53.189184 -2.377683 53.188117 -2.376258
Segment 5
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
Segment 6
3 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
- {E684C998-52EF-41BE-828F-35E3A464D91A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 299 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.18708 -2.374911 53.186024 -2.373585 53.184921 -2.372237
Segment 7
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 8
3 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
- {98B9779F-41E7-4E58-BB03-9B2C07FB8D5B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 146 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.188117 -2.376258 53.187617 -2.375589 53.18708 -2.374911
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 44
- First coordinate pair
- -2.385806, 53.196686
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 44
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 7:30 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Aug 7, 2026 2:19 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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