LIVERoadworksM42 link road from M6 J4A southbound to M42 J8 southbound — Hard shoulder closed05:02 (5:02am)LIVERoadworksM6 southbound between J23 and J22 — Hard shoulder closed05:02 (5:02am)LIVERoadworksM6 southbound between J4A and J4 — Carriageway closed05:02 (5:02am)See all the latest news →LIVERoadworksM42 link road from M6 J4A southbound to M42 J8 southbound — Hard shoulder closed05:02 (5:02am)LIVERoadworksM6 southbound between J23 and J22 — Hard shoulder closed05:02 (5:02am)LIVERoadworksM6 southbound between J4A and J4 — Carriageway closed05:02 (5:02am)See all the latest news →
Live M6 traffic data from National Highways · updated 05:07 (5:07am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6
What M6 Closures Are There Tonight?
If you are driving the M6 overnight — a night trunk run, an early start to beat the queues, or a long haul north towards Preston, Carlisle and the border — this page shows the closures reported as affecting the motorway tonight.
Listed below: everything reported as affecting the M6 between 6pm and 6am, newest first. See all M6 traffic news »
Try part word, clos = closure variants, slip road etc
23 matching items - showing 1-10 of 23 total available news items
M42M42 Motorway
M6 - M42 link road hardshoulder closure northbound
Active nowRoadworksNorthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
link road from M6 J4A southbound to M42 J8 southbound
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Hard shoulder closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
05:00 (5am) Mon 5 Oct 2026 → 05:00 (5am) Mon 2 Nov 2026
⏳Long-term works - HA planned end: 05:00 (5am) Mon 2 Nov 2026.
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Northbound and Southbound mobile hardshoulder closure (MP 290/5 - 346/6)
Active nowUpdateNorthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound between J23 and J22
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Hard shoulder closed
Reason
Sweeping of road
Schedule
20:35 (8:35pm) Sun 5 Apr 2026 → 23:59 (11:59pm) Fri 31 Mar 2028
⏳Long-term works - HA planned end: 23:59 (11:59pm) Fri 31 Mar 2028.
M6M6 Motorway
M6 southbound Jct 4a to Jct 4 carriageway closure
Active nowRoadworksSouthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound between J4A and J4
Direction
Southbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
21:16 (9:16pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
⏳Expected to clear in ~52mHA planned end: 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Southbound Jct 41 entry slip road Lane 1 closure
Active nowRoadworksNorthbound Slip road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 northbound between J41 and J42
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Slip road closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
20:00 (8pm) Sat 18 July 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Tue 31 Dec 2030
⏳Long-term works - HA planned end: 06:00 (6am) Tue 31 Dec 2030.
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Northbound Jct 44 Exit slip road closure
Active nowRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 J44 northbound exit
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Maintenance work
Schedule
20:51 (8:51pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
⏳Expected to clear in ~52mHA planned end: 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M5M5 Motorway
M5 northbound Western Arm northbound to M6 link road closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M5 northbound between J1 and M6
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Roadworks
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M42 northbound Jct 7a to M6 south link road closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 southbound Jct 4a to Jct 4 carriageway closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound within J4 after M42 J7A northbound access
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M42 northbound Jct 7a to M6 south link road closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
link road between M42 J7A northbound and the M6 J4 southbound
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 southbound Jct 4a to Jct 4 carriageway closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound within J4 before M42 J7A northbound access
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M42 northbound Jct 7a to M6 south link road closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound within J4 after M42 J7A northbound access
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure with Narrow lanes (Mp 459/4 - 455/7)
PlannedRoadworksSouthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound within J40
Direction
Southbound
Lanes closed
Lane closures
Reason
Maintenance work
Schedule
06:00 (6am) Mon 24 Aug 2026 → 20:00 (8pm) Fri 13 Nov 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 06:00 (6am) Mon 24 Aug 2026 → 20:00 (8pm) Fri 13 Nov 2026underway until 20:00 (8pm) Fri 13 Nov 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Southbound Jct 45 Entry slip road closure
PlannedRoadworksSouthbound Road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 J45 southbound access from A6071/B7076
Direction
Southbound
Lanes closed
Carriageway closed
Reason
Roadworks
Schedule
20:00 (8pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 20:00 (8pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Southbound Scotland Border to Jct 44 Lane 1 and 2 closure (504/7B to 502/2B)
PlannedRoadworksSouthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound between J45 and J44
Direction
Southbound
Lanes closed
Lane closures
Reason
Roadworks
Schedule
20:00 (8pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 20:00 (8pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
Jct 11 entry slip lane 1 closure northbound
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Slip road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 northbound within J11A
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Slip road closed
Reason
Roadworks
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Northbound Jct 36 Lane 3 closure (399/5A to 407/0A)
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 northbound between J35 and J36
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Lane closures
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
19:00 (7pm) Mon 14 Sept 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Sat 28 Nov 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 19:00 (7pm) Mon 14 Sept 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Sat 28 Nov 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Sat 28 Nov 2026
M6M6 Motorway
Lane closures southbound
PlannedRoadworksSouthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound between J14 and J13
Direction
Southbound
Lanes closed
Lane closures
Reason
Maintenance work
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
Lane 1 closure northbound
PlannedUpdateNorthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 northbound between J13 and J14
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Lane closures
Reason
Other
Schedule
21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 21:00 (9pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
Lane 1 and 2 closure southbound
PlannedUpdateSouthbound
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound between J15 and J14
Direction
Southbound
Lanes closed
Lane closures
Reason
Repair work
Schedule
03:00 (3am) Fri 23 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 03:00 (3am) Fri 23 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 northbound Jct 25 exit slip road lane 1 closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Slip road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 northbound between J24 and J25
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Slip road closed
Reason
Maintenance work
Schedule
22:00 (10pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 22:00 (10pm) Thu 22 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026underway until 06:00 (6am) Fri 23 Oct 2026
M6M6 Motorway
M6 both directions J18 to J16 - narrow lanes for structure - maintenance on behalf of National Highways
PlannedRoadworksBoth directions
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 southbound between J18 and J17
Direction
Both directions
Lanes closed
Restriction
Reason
Maintenance work
Schedule
20:00 (8pm) Fri 1 May 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Sat 29 Apr 2028
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 20:00 (8pm) Fri 1 May 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Sat 29 Apr 2028underway until 06:00 (6am) Sat 29 Apr 2028
M6M6 Motorway
M6 both directions J18 to J16 - narrow lanes for structure - maintenance on behalf of National Highways
PlannedRoadworksBoth directions
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 northbound between J16 and J17
Direction
Both directions
Lanes closed
Restriction
Reason
Maintenance work
Schedule
20:00 (8pm) Fri 1 May 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Sat 29 Apr 2028
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 20:00 (8pm) Fri 1 May 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Sat 29 Apr 2028underway until 06:00 (6am) Sat 29 Apr 2028
M6M6 Motorway
M6 Northbound Jct 39 entry slip road Lane 1 closure
PlannedRoadworksNorthbound Slip road closed
Time now: Friday, 23 October 2026, 05:07 (5:07am)
05:02 (5:02am)23 Oct 2026reported 4 min ago
Location
M6 J39 northbound access
Direction
Northbound
Lanes closed
Slip road closed
Reason
Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule
20:00 (8pm) Sat 18 July 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Tue 31 Dec 2030
Forecast - not confirmed
🚧HA scheduled: 20:00 (8pm) Sat 18 July 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Tue 31 Dec 2030underway until 06:00 (6am) Tue 31 Dec 2030
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What &Ldquo;tonight” Means on This Page
Tonight runs from 6pm to 6am. Before 6am you are still inside last night’s
window, so at 1am this page is still showing you tonight and not tomorrow.
We list anything affecting that window, not only things
starting in it. A closure that began three weeks ago and is still in place at 1am
affects your journey tonight just as much as one that starts at 10pm, so it belongs here.
Where a start or end time is shown it is National Highways’ own stated time,
not our estimate.
What Usually Closes a Motorway Overnight
Most overnight closures are planned, and most are one of a handful of things:
Resurfacing — new road surface, almost always done at night.
Overnight closure — a section shut completely, with a signed diversion.
Lane closures — one or more lanes shut, traffic still moving.
Contraflow — traffic running on the opposite carriageway.
Road marking and road maintenance — shorter works, often a single night.
Abnormal load — an oversized load moved at night under escort, precisely because the road is quiet.
Those are the categories National Highways publishes in its traffic data, and the
words are theirs, not ours.
If Nothing Is Showing
An empty page is good news, not a broken one. It means there are no closures
we are aware of affecting the M6 tonight. Because works are sometimes added late, cancelled
without the record being updated, or never published at all, that is not a guarantee of a clear
run — but it is the best picture available, and it is the same picture the official sources
have. Everything currently reported on the M6, day and night together, is on our
latest M6 traffic news page.
The M6 Overnight, and Why It Matters Here
The M6 is Britain’s freight motorway. Between Junctions 8 and 9 at Great Barr it carries 31,213 lorries a day — better than one vehicle in six — and a great many of those move at night. An overnight closure between Junction 20 and Junction 21, on the busiest measured stretch of the whole motorway, does not just delay a car; it can put an HGV on a diversion route it was never meant to use.
Major works beside a dual carriageway: earthworks and a new bridge going up. Photo: UK Traffic News.
That is why the M6 carries more overnight works than most: on a road this busy, closing a carriageway at 10pm is very often the only way to do the work at all.
M6traffic.co.uk is dedicated to the latest M6 traffic news, checked every five minutes, 24 hours a day. Heading for Manchester? See M60 Traffic for Manchester’s orbital motorway. The M6 meets the M5 near Birmingham — see M5 Traffic.M6traffic.co.uk is dedicated to the latest M6 traffic news, checked every five minutes, 24 hours a day. Heading for Manchester? See M60 Traffic for Manchester’s orbital motorway. The M6 meets the M5 near Birmingham — see M5 Traffic.
