M61 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 12/1 to 6/7)
ClearedM61 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 12/1 to 6/7)
- Start time
- Tue, Jun 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jun 24, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 5 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Within J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Fri, May 29, 2026 11:36 AM
- Last updated
- Wed, Jun 24, 2026 2:52 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Jun 24, 2026 3:05 AM
- Latest update: M61 Southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 12/1 to 6/7)
- Coordinates
- 53.549400, -2.466092
- Latitude span
- 53.541508 – 53.559780
- Longitude span
- -2.502477 – -2.427197
- Bounding box centre
- 53.550644, -2.464837
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound within J4
- M61 southbound within J5
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- M61 southbound between J6 and J5
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jun 23, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jun 24, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 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
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- 259 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.545885 -2.453911 53.545594 -2.452459 53.545462 -2.451749 53.545303 -2.450992 53.545144 -2.450206
Segment 2
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {9838D62B-9303-46AD-97DE-5CC1E3F578CF}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 254 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.555436 -2.489125 53.555258 -2.48864 53.554307 -2.486018 53.554254 -2.485836
Segment 3
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {5386C232-5E15-47BA-A74A-82847B9D9709}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,194 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {EB8749DE-7F0C-4CCA-9C7C-868004BE5C04}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 137 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.556067 -2.490914 53.555436 -2.489125
Segment 5
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {06EFDD68-7704-4725-8B94-AB8085B4B46E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,057 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.54891 -2.469037 53.548689 -2.468023 53.548425 -2.466737 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 6
18 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {86686345-0D66-4CF9-84CD-7B95C4F3CFF2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,265 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.554254 -2.485836 53.554156 -2.485518 53.553765 -2.484487 53.553349 -2.483426 53.552582 -2.48147 53.552301 -2.480697 53.552031 -2.479954 53.551755 -2.479136 53.551515 -2.478424 53.551018 -2.476909 53.550122 -2.47388 53.54984 -2.47282 53.549715 -2.472351 53.549715 -2.472336 53.549618 -2.471973 53.549237 -2.470429 53.548981 -2.469339 53.54891 -2.469037
Segment 7
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {C13C429B-1836-4A04-9D7C-C42FEE4DE5EE}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 270 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.557302 -2.49443 53.557062 -2.493824 53.557026 -2.493703 53.556476 -2.492066 53.556378 -2.49179 53.556067 -2.490914
Segment 8
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J6 and J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {8CD55333-104A-4FD4-A7A7-86AA6BD352F7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 350 m
- To Distance
- 950 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.55978 -2.502477 53.55925 -2.500703 53.559173 -2.500446 53.558925 -2.499643 53.558597 -2.498567 53.557976 -2.496612 53.557639 -2.495551 53.557302 -2.49443
Segment 9
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {93932B98-CAFA-468F-B3F7-39A31974F293}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 270 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.544809 -2.448497 53.544483 -2.446849 53.544315 -2.446047 53.5442 -2.445412 53.544078 -2.444611
Segment 10
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound within J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {767CED3D-4D5B-45C6-BD99-67409D5F5258}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 119 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
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- Geometry points
- 75
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Fri, May 29, 2026 11:36 AM
- Record versioned
- Wed, Jun 24, 2026 2:52 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Bolton
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Ended 3 Jul 2026, 04:10
A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Category: Road Maintenance
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A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Bolton
M61 · M61 Southbound Between J2 And J1
Cleared 5 days 19 hours ago
Started 1 Jul 2026, 20:00
Ended 2 Jul 2026, 00:00
A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Category: Road Maintenance
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A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Bolton
M61 · M61 Southbound Between J2 And J1
Cleared 6 days 19 hours ago
Started 30 Jun 2026, 20:00
Ended 1 Jul 2026, 00:00
A666 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 4/2 to 2/5)
Category: Road Maintenance
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