The road measures 36.21 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 51 minutes to travel its length.
The A686 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 PENRITH, Carleton Village, Carleton, Edenhall, Langwathby, Winskill, Melmerby, ALSTON, Whitfield, Langley-on-Tyne, and Haydon Bridge.
The road connects Cumbria and Northumberland.