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World’slongestexpresswaytunnel

Theworld’slongestexpresswaytunnel(高速公路隧道),theTianshanShengliTunnel,hasbeenopenedtotrafficrecently.ThishelpsopenafasterrouteconnectingthesouthernandnorthernpartsofXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion.

The22.13-kilometretunnelreducesthetimeittakestodriveacrosstheTianshanMountainsfromseveralhourstoabout20minutes.ItisakeyprojectoftheUrumqi-YuliExpressway,whichrunsfromUrumqiinnorthernXinjiangtoYuliCountyinsouthernXinjiang.ThedrivingtimebetweenUrumqiandKuerlewillbereducedfrom