The state highway runs 1.17 miles (1.88 km) from SR 652 east to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) within Alberta in northern Brunswick County.

SR 136 begins at the western town limit of Alberta.

The state highway starts as School Street, then passes through a sharp S-curve and continues as 2nd Avenue to the center of town.

In the eastern part of the town, SR 136 turns south onto Church Street to reach its eastern terminus at US 1 (Boydton Plank Road).

[1][2] The entire route is in Alberta, Brunswick County.