{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-temporary-restriction-and-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-temporary-restriction-and-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1290",
  "legislation_title": "The M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge) (Temporary Restriction and Prohibition of Traffic) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-temporary-restriction-and-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the temporary restriction of traffic on the M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge) starting on 1st December 2018 to enable works to take place. Article 3 applies only to the westbound carriageway and imposes a 50 miles per hour speed limit, restricts vehicles over 2.5 metres in width to the left hand lane and prohibits vehicles over 3.25 metres in width from using the Bridge. Article 4 applies to both eastbound and westbound traffic and authorises overnight closures between 8:00pm and 6:00am.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1290/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:06.752227+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}