The A5036 is a road in Merseyside

Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...

, England, which comprises two separate sections separated by a gap of 1.6 miles (2.6 km).

The northern section is a 4 miles (6.4 km) section of trunk road

Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports, and other things.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic...

, travelling from Seaforth

Seaforth, Merseyside

Seaforth is a district within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is located to the north of Liverpool, between Bootle and Waterloo.-History:...

 through Litherland

Litherland

Litherland is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It was formerly an urban district, which included Seaforth and Ford...

 before terminating at the Switch Island

Switch Island

Switch Island is a road junction south of Maghull and near Aintree in Merseyside, England on the Liverpool rural-urban fringe. The junction is at the western terminus of both the M57 and M58 motorways, which converge on the A59 trunk road, the north-south route from Liverpool...

 junction in Netherton

Netherton, Sefton

Netherton is a suburb of liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.-Description:Situated in north Liverpool and north east of the centre of Bootle, Netherton is also north of Litherland and to the west of Aintree...

. It is an important artery for road freight between the docks

Port of Liverpool

The Port of Liverpool is the name for the enclosed 7.5 mile dock system that runs from Brunswick Dock in Liverpool to Seaforth Dock, Seaforth, on the east side of the River Mersey and the Birkenhead Docks between Birkenhead and Wallasey on the west side of the river...

 and the motorway network.

The other section of the A5036 route runs from Bootle docks, via the waterfront of central Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 to Brunswick railway station

Brunswick railway station

Brunswick railway station is a railway station in Dingle, Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail rapid-transit urban network. It also serves the nearby district of Dingle and is situated on a short section of track between two tunnels, between the now in-filled Toxteth and...

 in Dingle

Dingle, Liverpool

Dingle is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by the adjoining districts of Toxteth and Aigburth...

.

A former part of the A5036 between Bootle and Seaforth is now part of the internal roadway system of the docks, accounting for part of the gap between the two sections of route.