Motorists use the highway as the less congested alternative route from Manila to the Bay City vis-à-vis its parallel partner road on Macapagal Boulevard.

It also connects to Entertainment City further south in Parañaque, and unlike Macapagal Boulevard, it is situated along the coastline overlooking Manila Bay.

It was renamed in 2007 after Jose Wright Diokno, the founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights, Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) founder, and former Filipino senator.

It runs for 1.65 kilometers (1.03 mi) from Redemptorist to Asia World City (Asiaworld), intersecting with Asean Avenue, where the boulevard then becomes part of the NAIA Expressway (NAIAX) At-Grade section.

[6] It passes through the Okada Manila development before entering Marina Asiaworld City, ending at its southern terminus at or near Pacific Avenue.