Smart Motorway gantry sign

A gantry structure spanning the motorway with electronic signals, blue signs showing the left lane exiting and three others continuing ahead, and the following text.

Exit destinations: A33 [Hollow square diversion symbol] ; Basingstoke; Reading; (C & S) .

Forward destinations: SOUTH WALES; Bristol, Reading (W) M4 .

Junction number: 11.

Reading is home to an array of finance and technology companies, many of which are based close to this Frankenstein's monster of an interchange. It started life as a roundabout and then grew into something beyond human comprehension.

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