From Pemba, the T1 goes south-west for 60 kilometres (37 mi), through the settlement of Batoka (where it meets the D775 road to Sinazongwe by Lake Kariba), through the Daniel Munkombwe Toll Plaza,[5] to the town of Choma, Southern Province's Capital since 2012.

From Choma, the T1 goes west-south-west for 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the town of Kalomo, which was the first administrative centre of the former North-Western Rhodesia.

In Kalomo, the T1 meets a road which heads to the southern part of the Kafue National Park (Dundumwezi Gate).

From Zimba, the road continues south-south-west for 80 kilometres (50 mi), through a narrow part of Kazungula District, through the Kebby Musokotwane Toll Plaza,[5] to the city of Livingstone, Zambia's tourist capital, where it passes through the city as Mosi-oa-Tunya Road.

The border city on the other side of the Zambezi River crossing is also named Victoria Falls.

From Lusaka, this traffic continues to the north and east, including to Tanzania, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.