M61 Southbound Jct 8 entry slip road lane 1 closure

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M61 Southbound Jct 8 entry slip road lane 1 closure

Start time
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 7:20 PM
Expected end
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
7 hours 30 minutes 2 seconds
Road
M61 – M61 J8 Southbound Access
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 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, Sep 18, 2026 7:26 PM
Last updated
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 2:35 AM
Cleared
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 2:50 AM
  • Latest update: M61 Southbound Jct 8 entry slip road lane 1 closure
Coordinates
53.668055, -2.622096
Latitude span
53.665004 – 53.670114
Longitude span
-2.623855 – -2.618431
Bounding box centre
53.667559, -2.621143
Location descriptions
  • M61 J8 southbound access
  • M61 southbound between J8 and J6
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 7:20 PM
Overall feed end
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 4:00 AM
Feed window length
8 hours 40 minutes
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 J8 southbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
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
{50E52852-F62C-42FF-BDEB-1E1FB38C37AD}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
7 m
To Distance
379 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.670114 -2.623782
53.670031 -2.623798
53.669833 -2.623855
53.669716 -2.623823
53.6696 -2.623776
53.669058 -2.623315
53.668431 -2.622765
53.667822 -2.622183
53.667643 -2.622002
53.667135 -2.621476

Segment 2

4 coordinate pairs
Description
M61 southbound between J8 and J6
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
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
310 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
53.665004 -2.618431
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
14
First coordinate pair
-2.623782, 53.670114
Road section segments
1
Road section points
14
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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        ],
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        ]
    ]
]
Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 7:26 PM
Record versioned
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 2:35 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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