Smart Motorway gantry sign
A gantry structure spanning the motorway with electronic signals, blue signs showing an exit and the following text.
Exit destinations: A54 Chester, Northwich; Middlewich .
Forward destinations: Birmingham, Stafford; Stoke - on - Trent M6 .
Junction number: 18.
Just off the motorway here is the small town of Holmes Chapel, which comes complete with a zoo.