M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 6/0 to 4/0)
ClearedM61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 6/0 to 4/0)
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 10 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between J4 And J3
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 8:56 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 6:52 PM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 7:10 PM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 6/0 to 4/0)
- Coordinates
- 53.538471, -2.403470
- Latitude span
- 53.535878 – 53.540436
- Longitude span
- -2.417503 – -2.390922
- Bounding box centre
- 53.538157, -2.404213
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 9, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 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
19 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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 659 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.538736 -2.409955 53.538702 -2.409367 53.538695 -2.408869 53.538696 -2.408567 53.538697 -2.40825 53.538714 -2.407813 53.538726 -2.407511 53.538746 -2.407089 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 2
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 3
16 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
- {EE327EE9-5554-44ED-B379-C381DEA25A23}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 520 m
- To Distance
- 1,060 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.540436 -2.417503 53.540338 -2.417169 53.540283 -2.416988 53.540107 -2.416427 53.5396 -2.414822 53.539405 -2.414111 53.539307 -2.413748 53.539219 -2.4134 53.539068 -2.412675 53.539015 -2.412402 53.53891 -2.411707 53.538822 -2.411012 53.538805 -2.410876 53.538753 -2.410288 53.538745 -2.410031 53.538736 -2.409955
Segment 4
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 5
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 6
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
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 35 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.536084 -2.391326 53.535878 -2.390922
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 58
- First coordinate pair
- -2.409955, 53.538736
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 58
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- Cause type
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- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 8:56 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 8, 2026 6:52 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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