M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 12/9 to 12/0)

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M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 12/9 to 12/0)

Start time
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 8:05 PM
Expected end
Mon, Oct 12, 2026 4:00 AM
Duration
4 hours 10 minutes 1 second
Road
M61 – M61 Southbound Between J6 And J5
Category
Construction Work
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Construction Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 8:05 PM
Last updated
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 11:44 PM
Cleared
Mon, Oct 12, 2026 12:15 AM
  • Latest update: M61 Southbound lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 12/9 to 12/0)
Coordinates
53.561046, -2.506958
Latitude span
53.559359 – 53.562746
Longitude span
-2.513215 – -2.501067
Bounding box centre
53.561053, -2.507141
Location descriptions
  • M61 southbound between J6 and J5
Feed validity status
Active
Overall feed start
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 8:05 PM
Overall feed end
Mon, Oct 12, 2026 4:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours 55 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

7 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
0 m
To Distance
454 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.561151 -2.507238
53.56099 -2.506627
53.560722 -2.505703
53.559989 -2.503173
53.559944 -2.503036
53.559838 -2.502673
53.559359 -2.501067

Segment 2

6 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
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M61
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{0212785E-B25B-4A95-95FD-7C3D40303D49}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
806 m
To Distance
1,239 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.562746 -2.513215
53.562591 -2.512594
53.562247 -2.511307
53.561565 -2.508762
53.561308 -2.507823
53.561151 -2.507238
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
13
First coordinate pair
-2.507238, 53.561151
Road section segments
1
Road section points
13
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Construction Work
Detailed cause
Construction Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Certain
Validity status
Active
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 8:05 PM
Record versioned
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 11:44 PM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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