A46 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Length | 183.5 mi[1][2][3] (295.3 km) | |||
History | Construction completed: Warwick and Kenilworth Bypass – 1974 Newark-On-Trent Relief Road – October 1990 Leicester Western Bypass – November 1995 Lincoln Relief Road – December 1985 Newark to Widmerpool dualling – June 2012 Alcester to Evesham dual carriageway – August 1995 | |||
Major junctions | ||||
From | A4 in Bath (51°23′49″N 2°20′10″W / 51.397°N 2.336°W) | |||
M4 near Tormarton M5 in Tewkesbury | ||||
To | A180 / A1098 in Cleethorpes (53°33′40″N 0°02′06″W / 53.561°N 0.035°W) | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Counties | Somerset, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire | |||
Primary destinations | Stroud, Cheltenham, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Leicester, Newark-on-Trent, Lincoln | |||
Road network | ||||
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The A46 is a major A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development. Between Leicester and Lincoln the road follows the course of the Roman Fosse Way, but between Bath and Leicester, two cities also linked by the Fosse Way, it follows a more westerly course.