A-road lane allocation sign
A green sign showing the left lane exiting and the other two lanes continuing ahead, and the following text.
Left lane destinations: Metro; Centre .
Right-hand two lanes destinations: The SOUTH (A1(M)); Gateshead A1.
Junction number: 71.
The Metro Centre is a huge out of town shopping mall, in the vein of the Trafford Centre or Meadowhall, but being in Tyneside it has "Metro" in its name. Newcastle and Gateshead like the word "Metro".