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Masaka–Mbarara Road

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The Masaka–Mbarara Road is a road in the Central and Western Regions of Uganda, connecting the cities of Masaka in Masaka District, Central Region and Mbarara in Mbarara District, Western Region.[1]

Length95.8 mi (154.2 km)
HistoryDesignated in 2008
Completion in 2011
EastendMasaka
Major intersectionsLyantonde
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Masaka–Mbarara Road
Route information
Length95.8 mi (154.2 km)
HistoryDesignated in 2008
Completion in 2011
Major junctions
East endMasaka
Major intersectionsLyantonde
North endMbarara
Location
CountryUganda
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The road starts at Masaka and goes through Lyantonde, and ends in Mbarara, a distance of about 138 kilometres (86 mi).[2] The road improvements involved road extensions making the contract road length 154.2 kilometres (96 mi).[3]

Overview

Before 2008, the road had a bitumen surface in poor state. In 2008, the government of Uganda, with funding from the European Union, began upgrading the road to grade II bitumen surface with shoulders, culverts, and drainage channels. The work was contracted to Reynolds Construction Company of Nigeria,[4] at a cost of Sh230 billion (approx. €79 or US$104 million at that time).[1][5]

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