Motorway gantry sign
A gantry spanning the motorway with blue overhead signs showing the following text.
Forward destinations: The NORTH, Nottingham M1.
Exit destinations: A453 East Midlands [Airport symbol]; (A50) Stoke, (A6) Derby .
Junction number: 23A.
This is the first of a whole complex of interchanges strung along the next few miles of the M1, which have grown in stages over the last 40 years as new roads and developments have been progressively bolted on.