M61 Southbound Jct 5 entry slip road lane 2 closure
ClearedM61 Southbound Jct 5 entry slip road lane 2 closure
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M61 – M61 J5 Southbound Access
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 2 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 3:26 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 3:44 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound Jct 5 entry slip road lane 2 closure
- Coordinates
- 53.554618, -2.486448
- Latitude span
- 53.552658 – 53.555731
- Longitude span
- -2.488806 – -2.481663
- Bounding box centre
- 53.554195, -2.485235
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 J5 southbound access
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 J5 southbound access
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {90CFB162-ACFE-4004-A702-2651C02271F0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 24 m
- To Distance
- 283 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.555731 -2.488806 53.555671 -2.488766 53.555626 -2.48872 53.555555 -2.488628 53.555519 -2.488553 53.555047 -2.48743 53.55462 -2.486459 53.55445 -2.48614 53.554254 -2.485836
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl2
- Lane Number
- 2
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 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
- {86686345-0D66-4CF9-84CD-7B95C4F3CFF2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 328 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.554254 -2.485836 53.554156 -2.485518 53.553765 -2.484487 53.553349 -2.483426 53.552658 -2.481663
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 14
- First coordinate pair
- -2.488806, 53.555731
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 14
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
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 3:26 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 3:44 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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