World’s longest expressway tunnel to open to traffic in Xinjiang by year-end

作者 Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 2025年12月25日 5 分钟阅读

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This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a view of the rescue station of Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

URUMQI, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world’s longest expressway tunnel, will be open to traffic by the end of this year, enabling a new shortcut linking southern and northern parts of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Speaking at a press conference held by the Information Office of the Xinjiang regional government on Thursday, Guo Sheng, deputy director of the transport department said the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway that traverses the Tianshan Mountains via the tunnel is expected to alleviate a traffic bottleneck that has long hindered the coordinated development of Xinjiang’s northern and southern areas.

The 22.13-kilometer tunnel will reduce the time it takes to drive across the middle section of the Tianshan Mountains from several hours to about 20 minutes.

Once operational, the travel time from the regional capital of Urumqi, north of the Tianshan Mountains, to Korla, south of the Tianshan Mountains, will be shortened from seven hours to about three hours. ■

This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows a view of the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway that traverses the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway that traverses the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows the entry of Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows the exit of Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a vehicle on the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in Hejing County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

An aerial panorama photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway that traverses the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.(Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows the entry of Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.(Xinhua/Wang Fei)

This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a view of the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows Houxia Tunnel (L) and Haxionggou Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a herdsman driving sheep on the side of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in Hejing County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a bridge on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial panorama photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway that traverses the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway that traverses the Tianshan Mountains in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows the exit of Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a view of the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel on Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 20, 2025 shows a view of Urumqi-Yuli Expressway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 全球丝绸之路研究联盟创始人兼主席

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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