List of roads in Uganda

The following is a list of the national roads in Uganda, which are under the jurisdiction of the Uganda National Roads Authority.^[1] The list is not exhaustive.

National roads

List of National Roads In Uganda

Number	Name of Road	Distance	Designated	Completed
1	Kampala Northern Bypass Highway	24 kilometres (15 mi)^[2]		2009^[3]
2	Kampala–Jinja Highway	86 kilometres (53 mi)^[4]
3	Entebbe–Kampala Expressway^[5]		2012^[6]	2018 ^[7]
4	Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road^[8]		2008^[8]	2011^[9]
5	Matugga–Kapeeka Road^[10]
6	Kabale–Kisoro–Bunagana Road^[11]			2012^[12]
7	Kabarole–Bundibugyo Road^[13]
8	Gulu–Nimule Road^[14]		2012^[15]
9	Mbarara Northern Bypass Road^[16]		2015^[17]
10	Hoima–Kaiso–Tonya Road^[18]		2011^[19]	2014^[20]
11	Mukono–Katosi Road^[21]		2014^[22]^[23]
12	Vurra–Oraba Road^[24]		2012^[25]	2015 (expected)^[26]
13	Hoima–Wanseko Road^[27]		2015^[28]
14	Moroto–Nakapiripirit Road			2016 (expected)^[29]
15	Mbarara–Kikagati Road	74 kilometres (46 mi)^[30]	2011^[31]	2014^[32]
16	Masaka–Bukakata Road^[33]	41 kilometres (25 mi)^[34]
17	Rukungiri–Kanungu Road^[35]
18	Ishaka–Kagamba Road^[36]		2012^[37]	2015 (expected)^[38]
19	Ntungamo–Mirama Hills Road^[39]		2014^[40]
20	Kayunga–Galiraya Road^[41]^[42]		2016 (expected)^[43]
21	Mbale–Lwakhakha Road^[44]		2016 (expected)^[43]
22	Acholibur–Olwiyo Road^[45]		2015^[46]	2018 (expected)^[46]
23	Rwekunye–Musingo Road^[45]		2015^[46]	TBD^[46]
24	Nyakahita–Fort Portal Road^[47]	208 kilometres (129 mi)^[48]		2016^[49]
25	Mpigi–Sembabule Road	135 kilometres (84 mi)^[50]	2014^[51]	2017^[51]
26	Kigumba–Kabwoya Road	135 kilometres (84 mi)^[52]	2014^[53]
27	Musita–Busia Road	105 kilometres (65 mi)^[54]	2015^[55]	2017^[55]
28	Mubende–Kagadi Road^[56]		2015^[57]
29	Kyenjojo–Kabwoya Road^[58]^[59]
30	Ziroobwe–Wobulenzi Road	24 kilometres (15 mi)^[60]
31	Tororo–Mbale–Soroti Road.^[61]	158 kilometres (98 mi)^[62]	2010^[61]	2015^[63]
32	Mbarara–Ntungamo–Kabale–Katuna Road^[64]	125 kilometres (78 mi)^[64]	2011^[65]
33	Soroti–Dokolo–Lira Road	125 kilometres (78 mi)^[66]	2007^[67]	2010^[68]^[69]
34	Kapchorwa–Suam Road^[70]	77 kilometres (48 mi)^[71]	2016 (expected)^[72]
35	Muyembe–Nakapiripirit Road^[73]	117 kilometres (73 mi)	2016 (expected)^[74]
36	Jinja–Kamuli–Mbulamuti Road^[75]		2012^[76]
37	Mukono–Kayunga–Njeru Road^[77]	94 kilometres (58 mi)^[78]
38	Soroti–Katakwi–Moroto–Lokitanyala Road^[79]	208 kilometres (129 mi)^[79]
39	Ntungamo–Rukungiri Road^[80]	52 kilometres (32 mi)^[81]	2004^[82]	2005^[82]
40	Soroti–Amuria–Abim–Kotido Road^[83]	192 kilometres (119 mi)^[84]
41	Kampala–Mpigi Expressway^[85]	36 kilometres (22 mi)^[86]	2023 (expected)^[87]
42	Lusalira–Nkonge–Lumegere–Sembabule Road	97 kilometres (60 mi)^[88]		2022^[89]
43	Nakawuka–Kasanje–Mpigi Road	34 kilometres (21 mi)^[90]	2023^[91]

See also

• Economy of Uganda
• Transport in Uganda
• Kinshasa Highway

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External links

• UNRA, World Bank in talks to resume road funding
• Uganda’s Road Network Has Improved Significantly - 12 February 2013