The Acholibur–Gulu–Olwiyo Road is a road in the Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Acholibur to the city of

Gulu Gulu is a city in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District. The coordinates of the city of Gulu are 2°46'54.0"N 32°17'57.0"E. The city's distance from Kampala, Uganda's capital and large ...

and the town of Olwiyo.

Location

The road starts at Acholibur, a small town on the

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–

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road, approximately south of Kitgum. The road continues in a southwesterly direction to Gulu (2014 population: 152,276), the most populous city in the Northern Region. The road then continues through Nwoya and Anaka to end at Olwiyo in

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, a distance of about . The road connects the districts of

, Pader,

, and Nwoya. The coordinates of the road near Gulu are 2°48'24.0"N, 32°19'29.0"E (Latitude:2.806667; Longitude:32.324722).

Upgrading to bitumen

In 2009, the Ugandan government commissioned a feasibility study and detailed engineering design for this road and the

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, both in northern Uganda. The reports became available in 2013. On 21 February 2015, the upgrade from unsealed gravel surface to class II

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surface was commissioned by President

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. The work on the from Acholibur to Unyama is assigned to China Railway No.5 Engineering Group. The road section from Unyama to Olwiyo was upgraded by Jiangxi Zhongmei Engineering Construction Company Limited. Work was expected to last three years. The road project is fully funded by the Ugandan government.

References

External links

Uganda National Road Authority Homepage

UNRA Promises A Better Road Network
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Location

Upgrading to bitumen

See also

References

External links