The road measures 48.16 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 1 hours and 14 minutes to travel its length.
The A171 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 MIDDLESBROUGH, Ormesby, Nunthorpe, GUISBOROUGH, Slapewath, Charltons, SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA, Lingdale, Moorsholm, Easington, Ugthorpe, WHITBY, Stainsacre, Hawsker, Low Hawsker, High Hawsker, Normanby, Fylingdales, Cloughton, Harwood Dale, Burniston, SCARBOROUGH, and Scalby.
The road is located entirely within North Yorkshire.