[1] The road begins in the Busega neighborhood, in Lubaga Division, northwestern Kampala.
It continues through Buloba, Bujuuko, and Zigoti, to end at Masaka, a distance of approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi).
As far back as 2003, the government of Uganda planned to upgrade the road surface.
[3] In 2009, work to upgrade the road surface to grade II bitumen class, with shoulders, culverts and drainage channels.
Lea International Limited (Canada) was the supervising contractor for both sections.