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I doubt very much that wildwest was asking about the M4. :)
It's this sort of sign that you want for A-roads with cycling bans:
These are old; I'm pretty sure they were there 25 years ago when I briefly worked next door.
In more recent years, the list of excluded forms of travel has expanded a bit, e.g. here at the M11 Link Road (euphemistically now called the A12) in East London:
Blue signs mean no for bikes:
https://goo.gl/maps/HVtbFqre3vP9pMKv7