Rwekunye is a settlement in Kiryandongo District in the Western Region of Uganda .
15-618: Rwekunye is 192 kilometres (119 mi) northwest of Kampala on the Kampala–Gulu Highway . It is located immediately west of the larger area of Masindi Port , along the Rwekunye–Apac–Aduku–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo Road . The coordinates of Rwekunye are 1°42'39.0"N, 32°01'44.0"E (Latitude:1.710833; Longitude:32.028889). Rwekunye is functionally a suburb of the larger urban area of Masindi Port (estimated 2009 population 10,400), located 5 kilometres (3 mi) to
30-608: A Chinese construction Group that had successfully completed civil engineering projects in various African countries, including Guinea , Liberia , Namibia , Rwanda and Tanzania . The costs for this section of the road was met by the Government of Uganda and the World Bank . Construction began in May 2012 and was expected to last two years. The remaining section of the road, between Atiak and Nimule , measuring 35 kilometres (22 mi),
45-668: A sharp right turn to continue on to Lira , 68 kilometres (42 mi) to the east. In Gulu, this road interacts with the Gulu–Nimule Road and with the Gulu-Kitgum Road. When the Kampala–Bombo Expressway is built, as expected, it will constitute the first 33 kilometres (21 mi) of the Kampala–Gulu Highway. From Kamdini, the Kampala–Gulu Highway continues north, for another 62 kilometres (39 mi), as
60-552: Is one of the most accident-prone in the country, along with Kampala–Jinja Road , Kampala–Masaka Road and the Kampala Northern Bypass Highway . In 2016, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), committed to widen the narrow sections of this road. Along its journey, the Kampala–Gulu Highway intersects with several major roadways, including the following: (a) at Bwaise , it cuts across
75-697: The Kamdini–Gulu Road . 02°14′04″N 32°14′46″E / 2.23444°N 32.24611°E / 2.23444; 32.24611 Gulu%E2%80%93Nimule Road Gulu–Nimule Road is a road in the Northern Region of Uganda , connecting the city of Gulu in Gulu District and the town of Nimule in Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan , just north of the international border between
90-778: The Rwekunye–Apac–Aduku–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo Road meets the Kampala–Gulu Highway. (g) The 52 kilometres (32 mi) Masindi–Kigumba Road meets with the Gulu Highway. (h) in Karuma , north of the Karuma Bridge, the Karuma–Olwiyo–Pakwach–Nebbi–Arua Road makes a sharp left turn, off the Kampala-Gulu Highway. (i) Approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) further north, at Kamdini , the Kamdini–Lira Road , makes
105-476: The Gulu–Nimule Road was a gravel-surfaced, two-lane road. It is a major route of transportation between Uganda and South Sudan. During the rainy season, the road became impassable, as was the case in 2008 when rains closed it for a week. In March 2009, the World Bank agreed to fund the engineering design of the improved road to an all-weather tarmac surface. Vice Consulting Engineers, a South African firm,
120-630: The Gulu–Nimule Road: (1) city of Gulu in Gulu District, the largest city in Northern Uganda , (2) the town of Pabbo, in Amuru District, approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi), north of Gulu. (3) the town of Atiak, in Amuru District, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi), north of Gulu. (4) the town of Bibia, in Amuru District, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi), north of Gulu. (5)
135-922: The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway. (b) the 42 kilometres (26 mi) Matugga–Kapeeka Road peels off the highway at Matugga . (c) in Wobulenzi , the Ziroobwe–Wobulenzi Road connects with this highway (d) the Luweero–Butalangu Road intersects with the Gulu highway in Luweero . (e) the Kafu–Masindi Road, measuring 41 kilometres (25 mi), branches off the Gulu highway at Kafu, Uganda, in Kiryandongo District. (f) At Rwekunye ,
150-462: The city of Gulu , the largest urban centre in the country's Northern Region . The road starts in Kampala and continues north, through eight Ugandan districts , and ends in Gulu, a distance of approximately 330 kilometres (205 mi). The road passes through the districts of Kampala , Wakiso , Luweero , Nakasongola , Kiryandongo , Oyam , Omoro and Gulu . The coordinates of the road near
165-527: The east on the banks of the Victoria Nile . The town has additional points of interest, including the following: 01°42′39″N 32°01′44″E / 1.71083°N 32.02889°E / 1.71083; 32.02889 Kampala%E2%80%93Gulu Highway The Kampala–Gulu Highway , also Kampala–Gulu Road , is a road connecting Uganda 's capital city of Kampala , in the Central Region , with
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#1732905865895180-419: The town of Karuma are 02°14'04.0"N, 32°14'46.0"E (Latitude:2.234444; Longitude:32.246111). The road from Kampala to Gulu is old (first constructed in the 1940s) , and narrow. Instead of the regulatory 7 metres (23 ft) of roadway, with shoulders and drainage channels, this road is only 6 metres (20 ft) in some sections, leaving little room for vehicles to overtake one another. The Kampala–Gulu Road,
195-647: The two countries. The road, known as Highway A104 in Uganda, continues into South Sudan as Highway A43. The Gulu–Nimule Road starts at Gulu and continues north, through Pabbo , Atiak , Bibia and Elegu , before ending in Nimule at the border between Uganda and South Sudan, a distance of approximately 106 kilometres (66 mi). The coordinates of the road near Atiak in Amuru District are 3°17'02.0"N, 32°07'04.0"E (Longitude:3.283889; Latitude:32.117778). Before 2009,
210-546: Was awarded the contract to design the road at a cost of US$ 800,000. The government of Japan , through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the World Bank provided the loans to fund the construction, expected to cost US$ 102 million. After several delays, the contract for the Gulu – Atiak section, measuring 70 kilometres (43 mi), was awarded to China Henan International Corporation ,
225-462: Was funded by the Government of Japan . That contract was awarded to China Railway Wuju Group Corporation, a division of China Railway Engineering Corporation . Construction of that section was commissioned in August 2013. Completion was expected in May 2016. On 21 July 2015, Yoweri Museveni , the president of Uganda, officially commissioned the completed road. The following landmarks lie close or near
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