The road starts at Rwekunye, a suburb of the town of Masindi Port, on the Kampala-Gulu highway, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of the Victoria Nile.
[1] The road continues through five northern Ugandan districts to end at Musingo, a distance of about 350 kilometres (217 mi).
The work on the 86 kilometres (53 mi) from Acholibur to Musingo is assigned to Chongqing International Construction Corporation.
The Apac–Lira–Purang’a section, measuring 100.1 kilometres (62 mi)) was awarded to Gulsan Insaat Sanayi Turizm Nakliyat Ve Tecaret A.S. of Turkey.
[6] In February 2022, UNRA officials estimated the scope of work on this road as 80 percent complete.