M61 southbound lane 3 closure (MP 9/2 to 8/4)
ClearedM61 southbound lane 3 closure (MP 9/2 to 8/4)
- Start time
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Sep 19, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 seconds
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 3 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
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- First published
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 10:06 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 11:37 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026 8:00 PM
- Latest update: M61 southbound lane 3 closure (MP 9/2 to 8/4)
- Coordinates
- 53.546322, -2.456112
- Latitude span
- 53.545484 – 53.547876
- Longitude span
- -2.463957 – -2.451865
- Bounding box centre
- 53.546680, -2.457911
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- M61 southbound within J4
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Sep 19, 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {06EFDD68-7704-4725-8B94-AB8085B4B46E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 355 m
- To Distance
- 1,057 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.547876 -2.463957 53.547446 -2.461776 53.546464 -2.456864 53.546423 -2.456664 53.546212 -2.455499 53.545947 -2.454214 53.545885 -2.453911
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl3
- Lane Number
- 3
- 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
- {FFF96A8A-FD28-439F-B92B-DA6050EAF0A5}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 142 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.545885 -2.453911 53.545594 -2.452459 53.545484 -2.451865
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 10
- First coordinate pair
- -2.463957, 53.547876
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 10
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
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 16
- Record created
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 10:06 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 11:37 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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