M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 5/1 to link roads)
ActiveM61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 5/1 to link roads)
- Start time
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 9:24 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours 36 minutes
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between J3 And J2 From M61
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 9:35 PM
- Last updated
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:53 PM
- Cleared
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 5/1 to link roads)
- Coordinates
- 53.537311, -2.395942
- Latitude span
- 53.533978 – 53.539004
- Longitude span
- -2.406070 – -2.387122
- Bounding box centre
- 53.536491, -2.396596
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 9:24 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Oct 28, 2026 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours 36 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
3 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {2E488483-B86D-4CE3-9A21-A21B77D013E0}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 29 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.536245 -2.391675 53.536128 -2.391432 53.536084 -2.391326
Segment 2
3 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
- 70 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.53436 -2.387968 53.534036 -2.387265 53.533978 -2.387122
Segment 3
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- 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
- {CAB20A7B-54AF-4505-9055-CED2ABBD2BC2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 258 m
- To Distance
- 659 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.538821 -2.40607 53.538892 -2.405098 53.538897 -2.405038 53.538972 -2.403847 53.539002 -2.403138 53.539003 -2.402836 53.539004 -2.402338 53.538989 -2.401644 53.538972 -2.401327 53.538937 -2.400949 53.538859 -2.400119 53.53885 -2.400058
Segment 4
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- 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
- {3BB34EAA-5652-466E-9994-E4B1DEA7E7E5}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 188 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.53885 -2.400058 53.538848 -2.400037 53.538833 -2.399877 53.538754 -2.399333 53.538652 -2.398765 53.538648 -2.398744 53.53856 -2.39823 53.538392 -2.397474 53.538363 -2.397337
Segment 5
9 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 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {95DA88E7-2C20-4ADE-AD12-354B7A393B9F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 444 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.538363 -2.397337 53.538078 -2.396414 53.537796 -2.395569 53.53752 -2.394719 53.537154 -2.393765 53.53694 -2.393235 53.536762 -2.392811 53.536521 -2.392266 53.536245 -2.391675
Segment 6
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
- 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 293 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 44
- First coordinate pair
- -2.391675, 53.536245
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 44
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
- 2
- Record created
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 9:35 PM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 10:53 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Bolton
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Ended 27 Oct 2026, 22:55
M61 Southbound hard shoulder and lane 1 closure (MP 18/9 to 17/6)
Category: Construction Work
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Bolton
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Ended 27 Oct 2026, 21:00
M61 Southbound hard shoulder and lane 1 closure (MP 20/1 to 17/6)
Category: Construction Work
View update
M61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 11/3 to 10/5)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Bolton
M61 · M61 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Cleared 2 hours 19 minutes ago
Started 27 Oct 2026, 21:00
Ended 27 Oct 2026, 21:00
M61 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 11/3 to 10/5)
Category: Road Maintenance
View update
M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 18/9 to 17/6)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Bolton
M61 · M61 Southbound Between J8 And J6
Cleared 54 minutes 13 seconds ago
Started 27 Oct 2026, 21:00
Ended 27 Oct 2026, 22:25
M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 18/9 to 17/6)
Category: Construction Work
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