The road starts at Kigumba, on the Kampala–Gulu Highway, about 42 kilometres (26 mi)[1] northeast of Masindi (2014 population 94,622).
The road continues in a southwesterly direction through Hoima to end at Kabwoya, a distance of about 135 kilometres (84 mi).
The upgrade, budgeted at US$150 million, is funded by the African Development Bank and the government of Uganda.
[5] The upgrade was initially planned to start in 2014, but there were disagreements during the tendering and procurement process.
[7][8] In September 2021, Allen Kagina, the executive director of Uganda National Road Authority, reported that the upgrade of this road to class II bitumen surface had been completed during the 2020/2021 financial year that ended on 30 June 2021.