US EditionWorld's Longest Expressway Tunnel Opens to Traffic, Crossing Tianshan Mountains
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China has opened the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel to traffic, more than 22 kilometers long, completing a key motorway infrastructure that connects the city of Urumqi to Yuli. The work drastically reduces the journey time between the north and the south of Xinjiang and strengthens the links to Central Asia within the Belt and Road Initiative. The project is part of the strategy of development of border regions, but crosses a territory marked by strong…
China has opened the Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest continuous road tunnel, at 22.13 kilometers long. Located in the Tianshan mountain range, it connects northern and southern Xinjiang as part of the G0711 expressway. The tunnel reduces travel times from several hours to just 20 minutes.
China opened on Saturday 26th, Tianshan Shengli, considered the world's largest railway tunnel, with 22,13 kilometres of extension, in the Autónoma Uigur region of Xinjiang. The work is part of the Rhodovia express G0711 Urumqi-Yuli and was opened to traffic on the same day that it was completed, marking a new path in the country's road infrastructure. The tunnel crossed the heart of the Tianshan Mountains, a chain that extends about 2,500 kilom…
World’s longest expressway tunnel inaugurated in China
China has recently been building some astounding architectures as Beijing has opened the world’s longest expressway tunnel for traffic in northwest Xinjiang Uygur region. According to Xinhua News Agency, the 22.13-kilometre Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, running through the heart of the Tianshan Mountains, has dramatically shortened a challenging mountain journey from several hours to just 20 minutes. The tunnel is part of the G0711 Urumqi–Yuli Expres…
(EFE).- China put into service this Friday the Shengli tunnel, in the Tianshan mountain range, an infrastructure of 22.13 kilometers in length that becomes the longest continuous highway tunnel in the world and that crosses the center of the Xinjiang region (northwest). The tunnel is part of the G0711 Urumqi-Yuli highway, which came into operation the same day and connects urban areas of the north and south of Xinjiang. The new road reduces to a…
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