The road measures 36.44 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 58 minutes to travel its length.
The A590 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 Walney, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate, Thwaite Flat, DALTON-IN-FURNESS, Lindal, Pennington, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, Newland, Arrad Foot, Greenodd, Haverthwaite, Backbarrow, Newby Bridge, Ayside, Newton In Cartmel, Lindale, Witherslack, Levens, Heaves, Sizergh, Sedgwick, Hincaster, and Crooklands.
The road is located entirely within Cumbria.