The road measures 32.67 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 47 minutes to travel its length.
The A617 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 6 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like CHESTERFIELD, Hasland, Temple Normanton, Heath, Doe Lea, Glapwell, New Houghton, Pleasley, Mansfield Woodhouse, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, MANSFIELD, Rainworth, Farnsfield, Kirklington, Hockerton, Upton, Averham, Kelham, and NEWARK.
The road connects Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.