Menang Drive commences at a controlled T-junction with Chester Pass Road on the boundary of Willyung to the west and King River to the east.

The road runs parallel with George Street to the west for a further 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) where it then curves to the southeast to reach the alignment of the Great Southern Railway.

The final 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) segment of Menang Drive runs in a generally easterly direction, parallel with both the Great Southern Railway as well as Lower Denmark Road immediately to the south.

At the same time the road was renamed Menang Drive, which loosely translates to "southerners" and was named in tribute to the Mineng indigenous group that inhabited the area.

[4][5] In 2012, $1 million in joint funding between the state and federal governments was made available for the planning and detailing of Menang Drive down to the Port of Albany.

[7] The final designs for Stage Three were issued on 1 September 2021 and involved modifications to the interchanges with South Coast Highway and Hanrahan/Frenchman Bay Roads.