The road measures 14.06 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 25 minutes to travel its length.
The A5087 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 5 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Rampside, Roosebeck, Goadsbarrow, Newbiggin, Aldingham, Baycliff, Bardsea, and ULVERSTON.
The road is located entirely within Cumbria.