M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/3 to 0/8)
ClearedM61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/3 to 0/8)
- Start time
- Tue, Apr 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Apr 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M61 – Link Road From A666 For M60 J15 Within M61 J2
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected, 1 of 4 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 4:24 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Apr 15, 2026 3:44 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Apr 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 3/3 to 0/8)
- Coordinates
- 53.530677, -2.374846
- Latitude span
- 53.527338 – 53.534459
- Longitude span
- -2.388183 – -2.362592
- Bounding box centre
- 53.530899, -2.375388
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from A666 for M60 J15 within M61 J2
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Apr 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Apr 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- 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
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from A666 for M60 J15 within M61 J2
- 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
- {A9F9D9C8-7748-44E5-8D2B-6559DFAE57E1}
- 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
53.532109 -2.380925 53.532064 -2.380774 53.531478 -2.378626 53.531078 -2.377159 53.531016 -2.376963 53.530909 -2.376705
Segment 2
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane 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
- {1B14BE2B-980D-427B-950C-965AA4DB195C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 431 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.529092 -2.368287 53.528392 -2.365007 53.528312 -2.364713 53.528277 -2.364584 53.528179 -2.364281 53.527983 -2.363782 53.527858 -2.363509 53.527706 -2.363191 53.527626 -2.363039 53.527465 -2.362782 53.527338 -2.362592
Segment 3
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane 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
- {20C6215A-490C-4E3A-BE55-4A4DA99A495A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 593 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.530909 -2.376705 53.5309 -2.37669 53.530412 -2.374498 53.529934 -2.372277 53.529872 -2.371989 53.5298 -2.371647 53.529092 -2.368287
Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7F9052DE-5823-4674-B0B4-F3565317732E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 275 m
- To Distance
- 293 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.534459 -2.388183 53.53436 -2.387968
Segment 5
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- 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
- {295CA271-8B25-4624-8F7C-32D4C3050C6C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 531 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.53436 -2.387968 53.534036 -2.387265 53.533822 -2.386735 53.533606 -2.386145 53.533399 -2.385576 53.532686 -2.383027 53.532384 -2.381954 53.532109 -2.380925
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 34
- First coordinate pair
- -2.380925, 53.532109
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 34
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 4
- Record created
- Tue, Mar 31, 2026 4:24 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Apr 15, 2026 3:44 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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