M61 southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 5/3 to 1/0)
ClearedM61 southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 5/3 to 1/0)
- Start time
- Fri, Jun 19, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Sat, Jun 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M61 – M61 Southbound Between J3 And J2 From M61
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected, 2 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Jun 3, 2026 12:20 PM
- Last updated
- Sat, Jun 20, 2026 4:52 AM
- Cleared
- Sat, Jun 20, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 southbound lanes 1 and 2 closure (MP 5/3 to 1/0)
- Coordinates
- 53.534643, -2.387586
- Latitude span
- 53.527520 – 53.539004
- Longitude span
- -2.407621 – -2.362871
- Bounding box centre
- 53.533262, -2.385246
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- M61 southbound between J4 and J3
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- link road from A666 for M60 J15 within M61 J2
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Jun 19, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Sat, Jun 20, 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
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- 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
- {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
14 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
- {CAB20A7B-54AF-4505-9055-CED2ABBD2BC2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 155 m
- To Distance
- 659 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
9 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
- {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 4
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {1B14BE2B-980D-427B-950C-965AA4DB195C}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 403 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 53.52752 -2.362871
Segment 5
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes 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
- {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 6
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- 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
- {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
53.536084 -2.391326 53.535736 -2.390644 53.535539 -2.39025 53.535012 -2.38928 53.534664 -2.388597 53.534486 -2.388241 53.534481 -2.388231 53.53436 -2.387968
Segment 7
8 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- 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
- {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
Segment 8
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from A666 for M60 J15 within M61 J2
- 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
- {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 9
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between J3 and J2 from M61
- 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
- {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
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- Geometry type
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- Geometry points
- 74
- First coordinate pair
- -2.391675, 53.536245
- 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
- 10
- Record created
- Wed, Jun 3, 2026 12:20 PM
- Record versioned
- Sat, Jun 20, 2026 4:52 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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Bolton
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Bolton
M61 · M61 Southbound Between J2 And J1
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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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