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: A461 ; Wednesbury.
Forward destinations: The SOUTH, The SOUTH WEST (M5); Birmingham, N.E.C. [Railway station symbol] [Airport symbol] M6 .
Junction number: 9.
We're now on a concrete viaduct - most of the M6 until the far side of Birmingham will be like this - so there isn't enough room to allow four lanes to continue through this junction. As a result the left lane exits here, a cause of frequent congestion.