The road follows a south-north path that connects key neighbourhoods and commercial areas, as well as several city arteries and national routes.

Passing Golomb Blvd, the road travels below a high ridge to the west on which sits the Holyland Park building complex.

To the east is Emek Hatzva'im (Gazelle Valley), a green zone that was previously leased to Kiryat Anavim and Ma'ale HaHamisha and used for agricultural purposes.

Further south, past the Malha Railway Station, work continued through the neighbourhood of Sharafat with the completion of the second stage and the opening of the Dov Yosef Interchange in March 2015.

The final stage of the project between Dov Yosef Boulevard and Rosmarin Street through the neighbourhood of Beit Safafa went ahead despite the residents' objections and requests for a tunnel.

The highway was built as a slightly depressed roadway with a 200-meter-wide, park-covered bridge at al-Qa'ash St. connecting the southwest corner of the neighbourhood with its center.

[12][19][20] Ongoing litigation between the residents and the municipality regarding the proximity of the highway to houses and the desire for additional crossing points continued during the construction process.

[26] The plan was completed despite stiff resistance on ecological grounds due to the above-ground section at Nahal Revida located in the Jerusalem Forest.