M61 Northbound Jct 6 entry slip road lane 1 closure

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M61 Northbound Jct 6 entry slip road lane 1 closure

Start time
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 10:00 PM
Expected end
Sun, Oct 4, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
2 seconds
Road
M61 – M61 J6 Northbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Northbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 2:35 PM
Last updated
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 4:20 AM
Cleared
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 10:00 PM
  • Latest update: M61 Northbound Jct 6 entry slip road lane 1 closure
Coordinates
53.576303, -2.548910
Latitude span
53.574492 – 53.579215
Longitude span
-2.552303 – -2.546926
Bounding box centre
53.576854, -2.549615
Location descriptions
  • M61 J6 northbound access
  • M61 northbound between J6 and J8
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 10:00 PM
Overall feed end
Sun, Oct 4, 2026 4:00 AM
Feed window length
6 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

14 coordinate pairs
Description
M61 J6 northbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
1 operational lane
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End1
Linear Element Road
M61
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{481375AA-8640-4E85-AB30-C9D62276C72D}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
22 m
To Distance
340 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.574492 -2.546926
53.574627 -2.546946
53.574716 -2.546993
53.57477 -2.547039
53.574824 -2.547115
53.574895 -2.547221
53.57502 -2.547374
53.575342 -2.547786
53.575673 -2.548168
53.576037 -2.548625
53.576486 -2.54919
53.576611 -2.549313
53.576811 -2.549499
53.576862 -2.549542

Segment 2

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M61 northbound between J6 and J8
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
North Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M61
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{420DBA66-AFDC-4EA3-9698-B8D3D1262E59}
Linear Element Type
A Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
319 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.576862 -2.549542
53.576969 -2.549664
53.578131 -2.551114
53.578578 -2.551619
53.579133 -2.552215
53.579215 -2.552303
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
20
First coordinate pair
-2.546926, 53.574492
Road section segments
1
Road section points
20
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Fri, Jul 17, 2026 2:35 PM
Record versioned
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 4:20 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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