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: A34 [Solid triangle diversion symbol] [Hollow triangle diversion symbol] [Solid square diversion symbol]; Birmingham (N); Walsall.
Forward destinations: The NORTH WEST; The SOUTH WEST (M5); Birmingham (W & S) M6 .
Junction number: 7.
This three-level junction is bizarre - all the M6 sliproads meet the roundabout in the same place, some on the inside and some on the outside. It's designed in such a strange way to increase the distance between junctions 7 and 8.