Motorway cantilever sign
A blue overhead sign suspended over the motorway from a post on the left, showing an upcoming exit and the following text.
Exit destinations: A449; Stafford; (S & C) .
Forward destinations: The NORTH WEST; Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford (N) M6 .
Junction number: 13.
The Stafford Bypass, from junction 13 to 14, is one of the UK's oldest motorways, opening in 1962 - though actually the whole route from here to Preston was open by the end of 1963, an enormous amount of motorway in a short time.