The road measures 74.49 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 1 hours and 57 minutes to travel its length.
The A143 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 1 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like Sturmer, HAVERHILL, Little Wratting, Barnardiston, Thurlow, Little Bradley, Stradishall, Cowlinge, NEWMARKET, Wickham Street, Wickhambrook, Depden, Chedburgh, Whepstead, Chevington, Horringer, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Fornham St. Martin, Great Barton, Ixworth, Pakenham, Stanton, Hepworth, Wattisfield, Rickinghall, Burgate, Wortham, Palgrave, Stuston, Oakley, Scole, Billingford, Thorpe Abbotts, Brockdish, Needham, Redenhall, HARLESTON, Wortwell, Alburgh, Denton, Earsham, BUNGAY, Ditchingham, Broome, Ellingham, Kirby Cane, Stockton, Gillingham, Toft Monks, Haddiscoe, St. Olaves, Fritton, Gorleston, and Bradwell.
The road passes through several counties, including Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk.