M61 Southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 34/2 to 33/8)
ClearedM61 Southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 34/2 to 33/8)
- Start time
- Mon, Oct 5, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Dec 31, 2026 11:00 PM
- Duration
- 1 week 7 hours 25 minutes
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between M6 And J9
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 11:29 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Oct 12, 2026 1:02 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, Oct 12, 2026 1:25 PM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 34/2 to 33/8)
- Coordinates
- 53.725596, -2.633376
- Latitude span
- 53.723992 – 53.726988
- Longitude span
- -2.635040 – -2.631762
- Bounding box centre
- 53.725490, -2.633401
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between M6 and J9
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Oct 5, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Dec 31, 2026 11:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 2 months 3 weeks 5 days
- 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
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between M6 and J9
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {DA600FF6-7A69-4E32-AE4E-DA89961BF9C8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 342 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.726599 -2.634492 53.726319 -2.634126 53.72594 -2.633656 53.725573 -2.633263 53.725155 -2.63279 53.724905 -2.632557 53.724819 -2.632476 53.724694 -2.632359 53.724307 -2.632023 53.723992 -2.631762
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between M6 and J9
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {857E19E8-16EA-4E59-B494-C2E28B8DCA70}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 951 m
- To Distance
- 1,008 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.726988 -2.63504 53.726859 -2.634856 53.726599 -2.634492
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 13
- First coordinate pair
- -2.634492, 53.726599
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 13
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Oct 6, 2026 11:29 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Oct 12, 2026 1:02 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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