Soroti and Amuria lie in the Teso sub-region, while Abim and Kotido are in the Karamoja sub-region.
[1] The road starts at Soroti and continues north through Amuria and Abim, to end at Kotido, a distance of approximately 192 kilometres (119 mi).
[3] The road is gravel surface and in poor physical state.
It is prone to flooding, and, when it does, it adversely disrupts travel between Soroti and Kotido.
[4][5][6] During a campaign speech on 2 December 2015, President Yoweri Museveni stated that this road is among the next batch of roads to be considered for upgrading to grade II bitumen surface.