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: A500 ; N'cstle-u-Lyme; Stoke-on-Trent; (North) ; Crewe; Nantwich.
Forward destinations: Birmingham, Stafford; Stoke - on - Trent (South) M6 .
Junction number: 16.
The A500 is a fast expressway through the Potteries and out the other side. We'll see it again at the next junction, after it's had a busy journey through several towns and we've sped non-stop through the countryside.