The length of the main expressway is 19.73 km and the estimated construction cost is Tk 89.4 billion. The route of this expressway covers Kawla at the south of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Kuril, Banani, Mohakhali, Tejgaon, Moghbazar, Kamalapur, Sayedabad, Jatrabari, and Kutubkhali on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Kawala to Tejgaon (11.5 km) section on 2 September 2023. That section of the expressway was opened to traffic movement the next day (3 September).
According to the agreement, the investment firm will design and finance the construction, and operate and maintain the elevated expressway when it is open to traffic. They will then hand over the expressway to the Bangladesh government after 25 years. Before this they will realize the money invested and its interest through toll collection.