The road measures 17.26 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 26 minutes to travel its length.
The A486 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 4 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like NEW QUAY, Maenygroes, Cross Inn, Pentre'r Bryn, Synod Inn, Ffostrasol, Bwlchygroes, Panteg Cross, Panteg Cross Roads, Horeb, LLANDYSUL, Pentre-Cwrt, and Saron.
The road is located entirely within Dyfed.