Motorway gantry sign
A gantry spanning the motorway with blue overhead signs indicating one lane exiting and the other lane continuing ahead, and the following text.
Left lane destinations: M49 (M4 W) ; SOUTH WALES; Cardiff; Newport.
Right lane destinations: M5 ; The MIDLANDS; London (M4 E); Chepstow (M48).
Change Route: M49 SOUTH WALES
We run alongside the M5 for a short while before the sliproad divides again. Continue ahead for the M5, or exit here, again, to find the M49 and M4.