China's Xinjiang completes world's longest expressway tunnel

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The 22.1km Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, completed Monday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is the world's longest expressway tunnel.   Four years in the making, it will reduce the crossing time of the Tianshan Mountains from three hours to 20 minutes.   #China #Engineering

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00:00The tunneling of the Tianshan-Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, was

00:09completed Monday morning through mountains of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous

00:13Region, marking a significant milestone in China's infrastructure development.

00:18Over the past four years, more than 3,000 construction workers joined forces on this

00:23significant breakthrough project to connect Qinghai and southwest China.

00:30Constructed since 2020, the 22,130-meter tunnel is expected to reduce the crossing time of

00:36the Tianshan Mountains from 3 hours to 20 minutes.

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