M61 Southbound hardshoulder closure (MP 27/8 to 26/4)
ClearedM61 Southbound hardshoulder closure (MP 27/8 to 26/4)
- Start time
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 7:00 AM
- Expected end
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 4:00 PM
- Duration
- 2 hours 10 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Within J8
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 8:38 AM
- Last updated
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 8:26 AM
- Cleared
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 9:10 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound hardshoulder closure (MP 27/8 to 26/4)
- Coordinates
- 53.667973, -2.622031
- Latitude span
- 53.662191 – 53.672139
- Longitude span
- -2.626162 – -2.614281
- Bounding box centre
- 53.667165, -2.620222
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound within J8
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 7:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 4:00 PM
- 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
- M61 southbound within J8
- 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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {409F6E80-327C-4634-9F1C-E091E527DB6A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 180 m
- To Distance
- 336 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.672139 -2.626162 53.671826 -2.625974 53.671387 -2.625695 53.67119 -2.62554 53.670832 -2.625278
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {93C433C3-2151-4395-8D12-9F46924E8BE8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 269 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.664008 -2.616974 53.663803 -2.616668 53.662233 -2.614338 53.662191 -2.614281
Segment 3
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J8 and J6
- 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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5EE8766C-0C3B-4C58-B347-38AB4C90C7E9}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 457 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.667135 -2.621476 53.665892 -2.619709 53.665355 -2.618946 53.664303 -2.617402 53.664008 -2.616974
Segment 4
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J8
- 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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {0DCF6F9E-9C44-4F0A-9D26-8F75E545628D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 119 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.670832 -2.625278 53.670564 -2.625077 53.670045 -2.624661 53.669857 -2.624506
Segment 5
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J8
- 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
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {B31F2F9C-DB16-44D4-A4EF-A64269F8F443}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 363 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.669857 -2.624506 53.669509 -2.624194 53.669239 -2.623937 53.66898 -2.623691 53.66873 -2.62343 53.668488 -2.623184 53.668229 -2.622893 53.667961 -2.622602 53.667525 -2.622001 53.667135 -2.621476
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 28
- First coordinate pair
- -2.626162, 53.672139
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 28
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
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 8:38 AM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Jun 29, 2026 8:26 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
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Bolton
M61 · M61 Southbound Between J2 And J1
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Category: Road Maintenance
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