It is one of 4 main roads of Szczecin, connecting the city and Police County with the rest of Poland.

The Castle Route is 2.4 km (1.5 miles) long and 18 m (59 ft) wide.

[1] It consists of the series of overpasses, the bridge over Parnica canal, the overpass over Łasztownia island and the bridge over Oder river.

The road has existed leaning north and west to the city centre, and through that, to Dobieszczyn, as well as the south exit leading to Police, and the east exit leading to the municipal neighborhoods of Międzyodrze-Wyspa Pucka and Prawobrzeże.

Castle Route was built in place of Log Bridge that was destroyed during the World War II.