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{{Short description|Road in England}}
{{About|the road in England||A46 (disambiguation){{!}}A46}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox road
| country = GBR
| type = A
| route = 46
| map = A46 road map.png
| photo = A46narwooley.jpg
| photo_notes = A46 near [[Woolley, Somerset|Woolley]] and [[Swainswick]]
| length_mi = 183.5
| length_ref = <ref name="Seg1"/><ref name="Seg2"/><ref name="Seg3"/>
| destinations = [[Stroud]], [[Cheltenham]], [[Royal Leamington Spa]], [[Coventry]], [[Leicester]], [[Newark, Nottinghamshire|Newark-on-Trent]], [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]
| terminus_a = {{jct|country=GBR|A|4|name1= }} in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] ({{coord|51.397|N|2.336|W|display=inline|type:city}})
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=GBR|A|180|A|1098|name1= }} in [[Cleethorpes]] ({{coord|53.561|N|0.035|W|display=inline|type:city}})
| construction-date = 
| history = Construction completed:<br/> [[Warwick]] and [[Kenilworth]] Bypass – 1974<br> [[Newark, England|Newark-On-Trent]] Relief Road – October 1990<br />[[Leicester Western Bypass]] – November 1995<br />Lincoln Relief Road – December 1985<br />Newark to [[Widmerpool]] dualling – June 2012<br />[[Alcester]] to [[Evesham]] dual carriageway – August 1995
| junction = {{jct|country=GBR|M|4|dab1=Great Britain}} near [[Tormarton]]<br>
{{jct|country=GBR|M|5|dab1=Great Britain}} in [[Tewkesbury]]<br>
{{jct|country=GBR|M|40|dab1=Great Britain}} near [[Warwick]]<br>
{{jct|country=GBR|M|6|M|69}} near [[Coventry]]<br>
{{jct|country=GBR|M|1|dab1=Great Britain}} near [[Leicester]]
| counties = [[Somerset]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Worcestershire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Lincolnshire]]
| previous_type = A
| next_type = A
| previous_route = 45
| next_route = 47
}}

The '''A46''' is a major [[A road (UK)|A road]] in [[England]]. It starts east of [[Bath, Somerset|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, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]] the road follows the course of the [[Roman road|Roman]] [[Fosse Way]], but between Bath and Leicester, two cities also linked by the Fosse Way, it follows a more westerly course.

==History==
The original (1923) route of the A46 was from Bath to [[Laceby]], passing through [[Cheltenham]], [[Broadway, Worcestershire|Broadway]], [[Stratford-on-Avon]], [[Coventry]], [[Leicester]], [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]] and [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]].  Unusually for such a long road, no changes were made to its route until the 1970s.  In recent years the central sections of the road have been rerouted and renumbered substantially, and there are now two sections where there are gaps of over {{convert|10|mi}} where the road does not exist at all.  The A46 has also been extended from Laceby to [[Grimsby]] and Cleethorpes – the road between Laceby and Grimsby was originally part of the [[A18 road (England)|A18]]. The section that connects  Caistor and Nettleton has a couple of dangerous junctions.

The major realignments have been
*Between Coventry and Leicester the original road was downgraded to the B4065 and the B4114 as a result of the opening of the [[M69 motorway]] in 1977.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
*Between Cheltenham and Stratford-on-Avon the road was realigned in the 1980s through [[Evesham]] on the former route of the [[A435 road|A435]] and [[A439 road|A439]].  The original route through some of the most picturesque parts of the [[Cotswolds|Cotswold Hills]] was downgraded to the [[B4632 road|B4632]].{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
*The route was subsequently cut between Cheltenham and [[Teddington, Gloucestershire|Teddington]] and that section became the A435 again.  The A46 was diverted to connect with the [[M5 motorway]] on part of the former route of the [[A438 road|A438]].
*Between Evesham and north of Stratford the route was again realigned to run by [[Alcester]] and by-pass Stratford, partly on the former line of the [[A422 road|A422]].  The previous route through [[Bidford-on-Avon]] to Stratford became the B439,{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} and north of Stratford the old route became the A439.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
*A new alignment was built from Junction 21a of the [[M1 motorway|M1]] to by-pass Leicester to the north.  The old route through Leicester was redesignated the [[A5460 road|A5460]] ([[Narborough Road]], in the southwest) and [[A607 road|A607]] (Belgrave Road/Melton Road, in the northeast).  The A607 deviates from the straight course of the Fosse Way, bypassing the village centres of [[Thurmaston]] and [[Syston]].
*The A46 was realigned to by-pass [[Warwick]], [[Kenilworth]] and Coventry, and the old route was redesignated the [[A429 road|A429]]{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} and the [[A4600 road|A4600]].{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} It opened in June 1974.<ref>{{cite news|title=Derek, 93, gets award of merit|url=https://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/news/derek-93-gets-award-of-merit-1-1078440|access-date=25 March 2018|work=Kenilworth Weekly News|date=31 May 2007|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325233059/https://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/news/derek-93-gets-award-of-merit-1-1078440|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bypasses were also built around [[Market Rasen]], Lincoln and Newark.

==Route==

===Cleethorpes – A1 (Newark)===
The A46 starts at Isaac's Hill roundabout with the A1098 and the [[A180 road (England)|A180]].{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} It meets the A1031 at a roundabout and passes the King George V Stadium on the right. It meets the B1213 from the right, then crosses the [[A16 road (Great Britain)|A16]] Peaks Parkway where it gains primary status. It heads into [[Grimsby]], meeting the A1243 Bargate (former A16). It meets the B1444 where the road becomes a dual carriageway. It meets the [[A18 road (Great Britain)|A18]] at a roundabout. This was the old terminus of the A46, and what is now the A46 heading east into Grimsby used to be the A18. The road becomes the single carriageway road once again and runs alongside the north part of the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]]. It bypasses [[Irby upon Humber]] and enters the [[East Midlands]]. It bypasses [[Swallow, Lincolnshire|Swallow]] to the North. It climbs a hill to meet the B1225, A1173, and A1084 just east of [[Caistor]]. The road crosses the Nottingham – Grimsby railway at a level crossing.<ref>{{cite web|title=A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement|url=http://persona.uk.com/orga46newark/HA_docs/Proofs/1-03-2.pdf|publisher=Highways Agency|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208055854/http://persona.uk.com/orga46newark/HA_docs/Proofs/1-03-2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The road becomes very straight and flat, passing through Middle Rasen Plantation and meets the A1103 from the right. The A631 leaves to the right at a [[3-way junction|T junction]]. The road bypasses [[Dunholme]] to the south then it passes close to the former [[RAF Dunholme Lodge]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RAF Dunholme Lodge Memorial|url=http://www.visitlincoln.com/things-to-do/interest/raf-dunholme-lodge|publisher=Visit Lincoln|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> It passes the headquarters for [[Lincolnshire Police]] on the left.<ref>{{cite web|title=Map and Directions |url=http://www.lincs.police.uk/Contact-Us/HQ-Map-and-Directions.pdf |publisher=Lincolnshire Police |access-date=1 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016102923/http://lincs.police.uk/Contact-Us/HQ-Map-and-Directions.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2012 }}</ref> It meets the [[A158 road|A158]] (for [[Skegness]]) and the B1182 (former route into Lincoln) at a roundabout.

The A46 Lincoln Relief Road is coincident with the [[A15 road (Great Britain)|A15]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lincoln Eastern Bypass|url=http://docs.west-lindsey.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Report-494367.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=494367&appid=1001&location=Volume2&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=1|publisher=Lincoln Eastern Bypass|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093529/http://docs.west-lindsey.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Report-494367.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=494367&appid=1001&location=Volume2&contentType=application%2Fpdf&pageCount=1|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The A15 leaves to the right at a roundabout. The road becomes dual carriageway and traverses the [[Lincoln Cliff]]. It meets the [[A57 road|A57]] at the Carholme roundabout and crosses the [[Sheffield to Lincoln Line|Lincoln – Gainsborough railway]]. After bypassing Lincoln, it starts following the route of the old [[Fosse Way]] (bar bypasses). The A46 passes the former airfield of [[RAF Swinderby]]. The road becomes the boundary of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire for {{convert|1|mi}}. The road enters [[Nottinghamshire]] and the road bypasses [[Brough, Nottinghamshire|Brough]]. The new section of road finishes at the roundabout with the A1133.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} The [[A17 road (Great Britain)|A17]] joins from the left at a roundabout.

===A1 (Newark) – M1 (Leicester)===
[[File:MillLaneIndEstate.jpg|thumb|right|A section of the A46 in [[Glenfield, Leicestershire]] just before it joins the [[M1 motorway]]]]
The road crosses the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]]. Newark is bypassed to the North and West ending on a roundabout with the B6166. The road continues south-west, meeting the A6097 and [[A52 road (Great Britain)|A52]] near [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]]. The single carriageway section between Newark and the [[Widmerpool]] [[A606 road|A606]] junction was replaced by a new dual carriageway road which was completed in April 2012.<ref>http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4403.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208063028/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4403.aspx |date=8 December 2006 }} A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement</ref> Heading South from the A606 junction, the existing dual carriageway still following the route of the Fosse Way.  The road crosses the A6006 North of Six Hills. Syston is bypassed to the West, and at a roundabout with the A607 the route continues in a Westerly direction onto the [[Leicester Western Bypass]].  There are grade separated junctions with the A6, A5630 and [[A50 road|A50]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Major roads investment in the Midlands|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-roads-investment-in-the-midlands|publisher=Department for Transport|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> This section of the road ends at a junction with the B5380, with the forward route flowing on to the [[M1 motorway|M1]]. It originally continued towards Coventry until the opening of the [[M69 motorway]] in the 1970s, which replaced the A46 as the main route between Leicester and Coventry, with the former A46 being downgraded.

===M6 (Coventry) – M5 (Tewkesbury)===
[[File:A46 10m08.JPG|right|thumb|The A46 junction for Stoneleigh and the University of Warwick]]

The A46 reappears at Coventry at junction 2 of the [[M6 motorway|M6]], it follows the boundary between the district of Rugby and the borough of Coventry, always staying inside Warwickshire. At [[Binley Woods]] the [[A428 road|A428]] is crossed at a roundabout. The next roundabout is the signal controlled Tollbar Roundabout, where there are exits for the [[A45 road (Great Britain)|A45]] and [[Coventry Airport]]. There is a break in the road here, and it resumes again at Festival Island where it takes the southern exit on to the three-lane Kenilworth bypass. Along the bypass there are exits for [[Stoneleigh, Warwickshire|Stoneleigh]] and the [[University of Warwick]], [[Kenilworth]] and [[Leamington Spa]] ([[A452 road|A452]]). At the [[Warwick]] ([[A429 road|A429]]) exit, the bypass drops down to two lanes, closely followed by an exit for the [[A4177 road|A4177]] and [[Warwick Parkway railway station]]. The [[M40 motorway|M40]] is passed over west of Longbridge roundabout, as a new bypass now brings the mainline carriageway away from Junction 15, the A46 meets a small roundabout, connecting with the B4463 and a link to Junction 15 for northbound A46 traffic to access the M40 and A429 respectively.

The {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=on}} dual carriageway section south of the improved Longbridge island is the only part of the A46 on its original routing between Leicester and Cheltenham. Stratford is bypassed to the north as a single carriageway road, crossing the [[A3400 road|A3400]] and meeting the [[A422 road|A422]]. Between here and [[Alcester]] the A46 is coincident with the A422, with the A46 taking priority. Alcester is bypassed to the south of the town. At a roundabout the [[A435 road|A435]] leaves to the North for [[Redditch]] and [[Birmingham]]. The A46 takes a dual carriageway route to the south towards [[Evesham]], meeting the B439 at a roundabout near [[Bidford on Avon]]. Almost immediately after the roundabout, the road enters [[Worcestershire]] and [[Wychavon]] district, then goes back into Warwickshire, before going back into Worcestershire Near [[Harvington]]. At the northern end of the Evesham bypass, the A44 joins at a roundabout and becomes coincident with the A46. The next roundabout on the bypass is the B4035, followed by the A44 (for [[Oxford]]), The final roundabout on the bypass is with the A4184 and the A46 continues to head south. The villages of [[Sedgeberrow]] (bypassed) and [[Beckford, Worcestershire|Beckford]] are on the route. At the Teddington Hands roundabout, the A435 heads south to [[Cheltenham]], while the A46 heads west. It passes [[Ashchurch]] close to [[Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station]]. This section of the A46 ends on the [[M5 motorway|M5]] roundabout at junction 9.

===Cheltenham – Bath===
[[File:Fingerpost sign along the A46 in South Gloucestershire (5 November 2005).jpg|right|thumb|A fingerpost sign along the A46 in South Gloucestershire. Near the junction with the M4]]

After a gap filled in by the A435, the A46 reappears on its original route in the centre of [[Cheltenham]]. It then heads through Brockworth, [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]], through [[Nailsworth]], to the [[M4 motorway]], where since 2003 access to the roundabout has been controlled by traffic lights. From the M4, the A46 heads to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], ending at its junction with the [[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4]] to the east of the city. From here there is a continuous route to [[Southampton]] via the [[A36 road|A36]] and to [[Poole]] via the [[A350 road|A350]].

The {{convert|3|mi|adj=on}} £45&nbsp;million dual-carriageway [[Batheaston]]/[[Swainswick]] Bypass, opened in summer 1996, contains {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} of the A46.<ref>{{cite web|title=A4/A46 Batheaston/Swainswick Bypass|date = 31 July 1997|volume = 120|url=http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=578074|publisher=TRID|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gosney|first1=R. F. C.|last2=Gellatly|first2=G.|last3=Kerr|first3=A.|last4=Petch|first4=K. A.|last5=Peck|first5=R. B.|title=A4/A46 atheaston/Swainswick Bypass|journal=Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering|date=1997|volume=120|issue=3|pages=101–110|doi=10.1680/icien.1997.29788|url=http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/icien.1997.29788|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In February 1994, a camp was set up on [[Solsbury Hill]], to protest the [[Batheaston]] bypass, however this was ultimately unsuccessful and construction was completed by November 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/feb/11/solsbury-hill-adrian-arbib|title=High ideals, high impact|first=George |last=Monbiot |first2=Paul |last2=Kingsnorth|date=11 February 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2009/feb/09/solsbury-hill-protest-anniversary|title=Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a road protest |date=9 February 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

A small section of the A46 between [[Painswick]] and [[Stroud]] subsided during the floods on Friday 29 July 2007 and was shut for over 6 months, causing quite an impact on the local area. The road re-opened on 15 February 2008.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==Junction list==
{{confusing|date=September 2024|reason=there needs to be some distinction which destinations are north bound and which are south bound, having a list of destinations does not mean that they can be got to from both directions, probably need splitting into 2 colums 1 for each direction}}

===First segment===
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===Second segment===
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{{GBRint
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|lspan=2
|mile=26.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|422|dir1=east|name1=Alcester Road|location1=[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]]}}
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{{GBRint
|mile=28.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|3400|name1=Birmingham Road|city1=Henley-in-Arden|location2=[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]]|city3=Wilmcote}}
|notes=
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{{GBRint
|location=Snitterfield
|mile=32.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|439|dir1=south-west|location1=[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]]|city2=Hampton Lucy}}
|notes=Destinations signed northbound only; north-eastern terminus of A439
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Shelbourne, Warwickshire|Shelbourne]]
|lspan=2
|mile=33.9
|mspan=2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|B|4463|road|Stratford Road|M|40|A|429|location1=[[Leamington Spa|Leamington]]|city2=Cirencester|city3=Warwick|city4=Henley-in-Arden|city5=Norton Lindsey}}
|notes=Leamington signed northbound only
}}
{{jctbridge
|mile=none
|bridge=Begin freeway
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|location_special=[[Budbrooke]]–[[Warwick]] boundary
|mile=34.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|429|M|40|to2=yes|dir2=south|location1=[[Southern England|The South]]|city2=Banbury|city3=Cirencester|city4=Warwick}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Leek Wooton and Guy's Cliffe]]–[[Budbrooke]]–[[Warwick]] boundary
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|mile2=36.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4177|A|425|dir1=north|dir2=south-east|city1=Solihull|city2=Warwick}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A4177; north-western terminus of A425
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{{GBRint
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|notes=B4115 and Hill Wootton signed northbound only, A429 and Warwick southbound only; southern terminus of A429 concurrency
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{{GBRint
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|mile=39.6
|mile2=40.1
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{{GBRint
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|notes=
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Ansty, Warwickshire|Ansty]]
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|notes=Northern terminus; south-western terminus of M69; north-eastern terminus of A4600; M6 junction 2
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===Third segment===
{{GBRinttop|length_ref=<ref name="Seg3">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/52.6473373,-1.2228133/53.3403164,-0.4012336/53.5607856,-0.0356372/@53.5596835,-0.0390911,803m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!4m5!1m1!4e1!1m0!1m0!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|title=52.6473373, -1.2228133 to Shaft Wood, Market Rasen LN8 3SQ, UK to Isaac's Hill Roundabout, Cleethorpes DN35 8AN, UK|work=[[Google Maps]]|publisher=[[Alphabet Inc.]]|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref>}}
{{GBRint
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|notes=Southern terminus; M1 north junction 21A
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{{GBRint
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|notes=The Brantings Roundabout
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Anstey, Leicestershire|Anstey]]
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|notes=North-western terminus of A5630
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{{GBRint
|location=Wanlip
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|notes=Wanlip signed northbound only, Birstall and Rothley southbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=6.0
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
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|notes=[[Roundabout]]; southern terminus of A607 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Cossington, Leicestershire|Cossington]]–[[Ratcliffe on the Wreake]] boundary
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|notes=Northern terminus of A607 concurrency
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{{GBRint
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|mile=8.6
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|road=[[Ratcliffe on the Wreake]], [[Sileby]]
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Thrussington]]–[[Burton on the Wolds]] boundary
|mile=12.9
|mile2=13.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|B|676|city1=Burton on the Wolds|location2=[[Hoby with Rotherby|Ragdale]]|city3=Barrow upon Soar|city4=Seagrave|city5=Loughborough|city6=Melton Mowbray}}
|notes=Loughboro' and Melton signed northbound only, Barrow and Seagrave southbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Broughton and Old Dalby]]–[[Wymeswold]] boundary
|mile=14.0
|mile2=14.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6006|city1=East Midlands Airport|city2=Rempstone|city3=Melton Mowbray|city4=Wymeswold|city5=Asfordby|extra=airport}}
|notes=Airport signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Nottinghamshire
|cspan=16
|location_special=[[Willoughby on the Wolds]]–[[Upper Broughton]] boundary
|mile=15.8
|road=[[Upper Broughton]], [[Willoughby on the Wolds|Willoughby]]
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Widmerpool]]–[[Hickling, Nottinghamshire|Hickling]]–[[Kinoulton]] boundary
|mile=17.8
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|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|606|city1=Nottingham|city2=Melton Mowbray|city3=Kinoulton}}
|notes=Kinoulton signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Stanton-on-the-Wolds]]–[[Kinoulton]] boundary
|mile=19.0
|road=[[Kinoulton]]
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Owthorpe]]–[[Cotgrave]] boundary
|mile=21.2
|road=[[Harby, Nottinghamshire|Harby]], [[Colston Bassett]], [[Cotgrave]], [[Owthorpe]]
|notes=Cotgrave signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Cotgrave
|mile=22.3
|mile2=23.0
|road=[[Cropwell Bishop]], [[Cropwell Butler]], [[Cotgrave]]
|notes=Butler signed northbound only, Cotgrave southbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Cropwell Butler]]–[[Saxondale, Nottinghamshire|Saxondale]] boundary
|mile=24.7
|mile2=25.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|52|M|1|A|1|to2=yes|dir2=north|location1=[[Southern England|The South]]|city2=Grantham|city3=Nottingham|city4=East Midlands Airport|extra=airport}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|location_special=[[Newton, Nottinghamshire|Newton]]–[[East Bridgford]] boundary
|mile=26.3
|mile2=27.0
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|notes=No southbound exit; southern terminus of A6097
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|location=East Bridgford
|mile=28.1
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|notes=Southbound exit only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Kneeton]]–[[Screveton]] boundary
|mile=29.2
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|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Flintham
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|notes=Syerston signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Elston
|mile=32.1
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|notes=Syerston signed southbound only
}}
{{jctbridge
|location_special=[[Farndon, Nottinghamshire|Farndon]]
|mile=35.2
|bridge=End expressway
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Newark-on-Trent
|mile=37.0
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|notes=Eastern terminus of A617; south-eastern terminus of A616
}}
{{GBRint
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|notes=Coddington signed northbound only; western terminus of A17
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire|Winthorpe]]–[[Langford, Nottinghamshire|Langford]] boundary
|mile=39.7
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|notes=Collingham and Winthorpe signed northbound only; southern terminus of A1133
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Brough, Nottinghamshire|Brough]]
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|notes=[[Interchange (road)|Grade-separated junction]]; Norton Disney signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
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|mile=46.9
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|notes=Grade-separated junction
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire|Thorpe on the Hill]]–[[South Hykeham]] boundary
|mile=47.8
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|notes=Thorpe signed northbound only; south-western terminus of A1434
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]
|lspan=3
|mile=53.3
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|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=55.0
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|notes=B1226, To A18, and Hull signed southbound only; southern terminus of A15 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=56.1
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
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|notes=West Rasen, Glentham and Caenby Corner signed northbound only, Scunthorpe southbound only; southern terminus of A631 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
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|notes=Louth signed northbound only, To B1202 and Wragby southbound only; northern terminus of A631 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Osgodby, Lincolnshire|Osgodby]]
|mile=71.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1103|road|Gipsy Lane|A|631|dir1=west|to2=yes|name1=Top Road|location1=[[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]]|city2=Glentham|location3=[[Walesby, Lincolnshire|Walesby]]|city4=Caenby Corner}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A1103
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Caistor]]–[[Cabourne]] boundary
|mile=78.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1173|A|1084|dir1=north|to2=yes|name1=Riby Road|city1=Immingham|city2=Brigg|city3=Humber Bridge|city4=Caistor|city5=Great Limber|city6=Kirmington|city7=Stallingborough|extra=airport}}
|notes=Humber Bridge signed northbound only, Caistor southbound only; southern terminus of A1173
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Laceby
|mile=84.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|18|M|180|A|15|A|16|name1=Barton Street|to2=yes|city1=Humber Bridge|location2=[[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]]|city3=Skegness|city4=Brigg|city5=Humberside Airport|location6=[[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]]|location7=[[Waltham, Lincolnshire|Waltham]]|location8=[[Barnoldby le Beck|Barnoldby]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Grimsby
|lspan=3
|mile=88.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1243|A|16|name1=Scartho Road|dir1=south|to2=yes|location1=[[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]]|city2=Skegness|location3=[[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]]|location4=[[Waltham, Lincolnshire|Waltham]]}}
|notes=A1243 signed southbound only; southern terminus of A1243 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=88.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1243|M|180|A|180|dir1=north|name1=Bargate|to2=yes|location1=[[Grimsby|Town centre]]|city2=Immingham|city3=Humber Bridge}}
|notes=Only A1243 and Town centre signed northbound; northern terminus of A1243 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=88.9
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}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Grimsby]]–[[Cleethorpes]] boundary
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{{GBRint
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==Former routes==

===Bypasses and realignments===
* Irby upon Humber (Bypassed, now Old Main Road)
* Swallow (Bypassed, now Caistor-Grimsby Road)
* Lincoln (Bypassed, now A1434)
* Newark (Bypassed, now B6166)
* Syston (Bypassed, now unclassified)
* Leicester (Bypassed, now A607 and A5460)
* Coventry (Bypassed; northern section A4600; southern section now A429 [pre-1974 route],  <br>or A444 and A4114 [1974 — 1989 route])
* Kenilworth and Warwick (Bypassed, now A429)
* Stratford (Bypassed, now A439 and B439)

===Downgrading===
* Leicester – Coventry (Downgraded to B4114 upon opening of the M69)
* Stratford – Cheltenham (Downgraded to B4632 upon diversion of route via Alcester and Evesham)

==Improvements==
* The M40 Longbridge Island bypass, a dual carriageway road which bypassed the M40 Junction 15 interchange, opened in December 2009, providing much needed relief for the junction.<ref name="A46 M40 bypass">{{cite news
  | title =Longbridge Island's bypass opens   | url =https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/8412565.stm  | access-date =16 May 2013 | work=BBC News | date=15 December 2009}}</ref>
* The Newark to Widmerpool Improvement is now complete and provides a new  high quality grade-separated dual-carriageway which closes the gap in the corridor. Spring 2012 saw peripheral works progress and the entire project was completed by Summer 2012.<ref>[http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/25214.aspx Highways Agency: A46 between the A606 Melton Road and Farndon Roundabout, Newark] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405084741/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/25214.aspx |date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>
* The A45/A46 Tollbar End improvement is now complete and provides a grade separated junction, as well as improvements to the Stonebridge Highway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a45a46-tollbar-end-improvement/|title=A45/A46 Tollbar End Improvement|publisher=Highways Agency|access-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528085941/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a45a46-tollbar-end-improvement|archive-date=28 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The project was open to traffic in December 2016.
* The A46/A428 Binley Junction Upgrade will provided a grade separated junction.
* The junction with Lincoln Road near [[Welton, Lincolnshire|Welton]] was replaced with a three-armed roundabout, primarily to reduce its high accident rate. Work was completed in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=A46 Dunholme/Welton roundabout |url=https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/major-projects/a46-dunholmewelton-roundabout |access-date=15 January 2024 |website=Lincolnshire County Council }}</ref>

===Proposed===

* The Sub-national Transport Body Midlands Connect prioritised the upgrading of the A46 in the Midlands Connect Strategy, published in March 2017, including a strategic study for a potential expressway route between the M5 and M40. In July 2018, Midlands Connect released "Our Routes to Growth" in which it described the first stage of its A46 corridor study, referring to the road as a "national and international economic driver that connects the East and West Midlands to the South West and the North. Investing in infrastructure improvements along this route will create a resilient alternative to the existing motorway network for businesses and freight traffic."<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Routes to Growth |url=https://www.midlandsconnect.uk/media/1176/midlands-connect-ar-v18_final_web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710102039/https://www.midlandsconnect.uk/media/1176/midlands-connect-ar-v18_final_web.pdf|archive-date=10 July 2018|website=www.midlandsconnect.uk |publisher=Midlands Connect |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> It reiterated the development a business case for upgrades to the A46 from the M40 to Syston and a strategic study for making the A46 an expressway between the M5 and M40. The first stage of this A46 study will be released before the end of 2018, with the second stage examining specific sections for more detailed development of possible improvements.

===Upcoming===

*Newark Bypass – will upgrade road to dual carriageway. Scheme expected to be completed by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |title=A46 Newark Bypass |url=https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/east-midlands/a46-newark-bypass|access-date=24 August 2022 |website=National Highways|date=18 September 2020 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/A46 SABRE A46]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051225090201/http://www.uk-roads.org.uk/roadlists/f99/46.shtml SABRE First 99 – A46]
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1943388.stm Workmen dig up Roman treasure when improving A46]
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/3054987.stm Red Arrows salute opening of the Newark to Lincoln Improvement]

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