A gantry spanning the motorway with blue overhead signs indicating one lane exiting and two continuing ahead, and the following text.
Left lane destinations: A602 Hitchin; Stevenage; (North) .
Right-hand two lanes destinations: London; Stevenage; (South) A1(M) .
Junction number: 8.
A third lane joins from junction 9, but it's only with us for a mile or two until we reach the first junction for the new town of Stevenage.