The road measures 27.71 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 41 minutes to travel its length.
The A971 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 9 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like Sandness, Walls, Bridge Of Walls, Bixter, Tresta, Weisdale, Whiteness, and Gott.
The road is located entirely within Shetland.