Motorway fork sign
A blue sign with a diagram showing a branch off the road ahead and the following text.
Forward destinations: Preston; Lancaster [Solid square diversion symbol] .
Exit destinations: Shap; Kendal; (A6).
Junction number: 39.
Junction 39 is at Shap, surrounded by bleak moorland. The next part of our journey is across more spectacular wilderness, with the carriageways often separating by some considerable distance.