The road measures 24.60 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 58 minutes to travel its length.
The A642 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 HUDDERSFIELD, Waterloo, Tandem, Fenay Bridge, Lepton, Grange Moor, Flockton, Overton, Middlestown, Horbury, WAKEFIELD, Stanley, Oulton, Woodlesford, Swillington, Rothwell, and Garforth.
The road connects West Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.