[2] The road then loops through the south-eastern suburbs of Nairobi, skirting the northern edges of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, through Ruai.
It then crosses from Nairobi County, into Kiambu County and turns westwards, passing underneath the Thika Highway and ends at the Ruiru Kamiti Road, at a place called Ruiru Road Junction.
[3] The total length of the Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway is approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi).
[4] This road is intended to relieve traffic congestion in the capital city's central business district, by diverting long-distance traffic from and to the port city to Mombasa, destined for central Kenya and the counties directly north of Nairobi.
[5] In a similar effort, other bypass highways have been built on the northern and southern sides of Nairobi, with the objective of alleviating downtown traffic congestion.