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2021-07-01T21:49:53.825Z
The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the world's longest trans-desert highway, was fully opened to traffic yesterday. The total length of the road, which connects the Chinese capital Beijing to Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, is 2,800 km, and more than 500 km pass through desert and land
In pictures.. China opens the world's longest cross-desert highway
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The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the world's longest trans-desert expressway, was fully opened to traffic yesterday.
The total length of the road, which connects the Chinese capital Beijing with the city of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, is 2,800 km, and more than 500 km of it passes through desert and uninhabited lands.
Source: emara
