Construction of Last Section of World's Longest Desert Highway Completed

The last section of the world's longest desert highway, the Beijing-Urumqi Highway linking the capital and Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is ready to open to traffic.

New engineering skills are being used and supervision increased on large-scale structures during the whole project to ensure its quality.

Its completion will open the Beijing-Urumqi Highway in full, which will shorten travel time between regions in affected areas.

It will also be the first highway in the region's Yiwu county and Bakol Kazak autonomous county.

China Railway 24th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, participated in the project's construction.

(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)