M61 southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 2/5 to 0/8)
ClearedM61 southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 2/5 to 0/8)
- Start time
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:00 PM
- Expected end
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 2 hours 25 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M61 – Link Road From M61 J1 To M60 J15 Clockwise
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 1 of 2 lanes affected, 2 of 2 lanes affected, 2 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:20 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 11:51 PM
- Cleared
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 12:25 AM
- Latest update: M61 southbound Lanes 2 and 3 closure (MP 2/5 to 0/8)
- Coordinates
- 53.530769, -2.376352
- Latitude span
- 53.526106 – 53.535421
- Longitude span
- -2.390964 – -2.360671
- Bounding box centre
- 53.530764, -2.375818
- Location descriptions
-
- link road from M61 J1 to M60 J15 clockwise
- M61 southbound between A666 and J2
- link road from A666 for M60 J15 within M61 J2
- M61 southbound between J2 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 10:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- link road from M61 J1 to M60 J15 clockwise
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane 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
- {66ECAFA6-EC45-4451-AD8C-92AB3265CD78}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway Entry Slip
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 143 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.527035 -2.362159 53.526928 -2.361962 53.526838 -2.361811 53.526731 -2.361653 53.526507 -2.361325 53.526391 -2.361158 53.526337 -2.361052 53.526123 -2.360704 53.526106 -2.360671
Segment 2
19 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 southbound between A666 and 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
- {7D69EB26-1784-4AFF-AD57-A22DEF5704E7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 77 m
- To Distance
- 417 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.535421 -2.390964 53.535339 -2.390912 53.535178 -2.39079 53.535061 -2.390683 53.534855 -2.3905 53.534515 -2.390105 53.534282 -2.389801 53.534157 -2.389619 53.53405 -2.389452 53.534014 -2.389391 53.533924 -2.389239 53.533835 -2.389073 53.533665 -2.388724 53.533647 -2.388679 53.533398 -2.388088 53.533291 -2.387785 53.53329 -2.387778 53.533255 -2.387679 53.533222 -2.387566
Segment 3
12 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
- {BEBA5F5B-9188-4ACC-A4EF-F9645FB41E7D}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 765 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.533222 -2.387566 53.532962 -2.38671 53.532771 -2.385914 53.532519 -2.384626 53.532059 -2.382464 53.531829 -2.381375 53.531687 -2.38065 53.531253 -2.378624 53.530952 -2.377189 53.530926 -2.377007 53.530908 -2.376886 53.530909 -2.376705
Segment 4
12 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
- 475 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 53.527465 -2.362782 53.527151 -2.362311 53.527035 -2.362159
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
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 59
- First coordinate pair
- -2.362159, 53.527035
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 59
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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
- 10
- Record created
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:20 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 11:51 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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