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After a gap filled in by the A435, the A46 reappears on its original route in the centre of Cheltenham.

It then heads through 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, ending at its junction with the A4 to the east of the city.

The £ 45 million dual-carriageway Batheaston / Swainswick Bypass, opened in summer 1996, contains of the A46.

A small section of this strip 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.