Mityana–Mubende Road

The Mityana–Mubende Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Mityana, in Mityana District and Mubende in Mubende District.

Mityana–Mubende Road
Route information
Length51 mi (82 km)
Major junctions
East endMityana
 Myanzi
Kawungera
Kitenga
West endMubende
Highway system
Roads in Uganda

Location

The road starts at Mityana and travels westwards through Myanzi, Kawungera and Kitenga, to end at Mubende, a distance of about 82 kilometres (51 mi).[1] The coordinates of the road near Kawungera are 0°26'50.0"N, 31°41'25.0"E (Latitude:0.447221; Longitude:31.690283).[2]

Overview

This road is an important transport corridor between Mubende District and Mityana District. This road is part of the Kampala–Mityana–Mubende–Fort Portal transport corridor and is part of the East African road network, connecting Kenya, Uganda and DR Congo.[3] The road is the primarily transport route for tourists to Kibaale National Park.[4]

Upgrading to bitumen

This road was upgraded to class II bituminous standard prior to 2008.[5]

See also

References
  1. GFC (18 May 2016). "Distance between Mityana Taxi Park, Market Road, Mityana, Central Region, Uganda and Mubende Taxi Park, Kampala-Mubende, Central Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. Google (18 May 2016). "Location of Mityan–Mubende Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ENPJKT (18 May 2016). "Mityana–Mubende Road, Uganda". Energoprojekt-ng.rs (ENPJKT). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. SUAC (18 May 2016). "3 Days Kibaale Forest National Park Safari". Safariuganda-africa.com (SUAC). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. Nasasira, John (21 January 2011). "Do not judge our performance on the sorry state of city roads". Daily Monitor Mobile. Kampala. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

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