Constructed in 1960,[3] it is named after Don Juan Sumulong, an Antipolo native who served as the country's senator and founder of the Democrata Party.

The highway continues A. Bonifacio Avenue past J.P. Rizal Street at the city proper of Marikina.

It then traverses the mountainous terrain until it meets its terminus at Senator Lorenzo Sumulong Memorial Circle, where it is continued by J.P. Rizal Street towards the city proper of Antipolo.

It is sometimes referred to in media as the "killer highway"[4] due to numerous accidents, especially between Sitio Maligaya and Mambugan Barangay Hall.

[5][6] The highway's segment between the provincial boundary of Rizal and Don Celso S. Tuason Avenue in Antipolo is also officially known as Marikina-Victoria Valley-Antipolo Road.