About Duku Highway
Duku Highway from Dushanzi reach Kuqa , Yes National Highway 217 Early form of Tianshan Mountain With a total length of 561km from north to south, more than half of the sections run across mountains and deep valleys, connecting many ethnic minority The residential area was selected by China National Geography as the "landscape avenue running through the backbone of Tianshan Mountain".
It was completed and opened to traffic in September 1983, which shortened the distance between the north and south of Xinjiang by nearly half from the original 1000 kilometers. It is a monument in the history of highway construction in China. In order to build this road, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers fought hard for 10 years, and 168 road building officers and soldiers gave their precious lives.
Special tips: Duku Highway has a special terrain with many sharp turns and steep slopes. There are more than 280 kilometers of roads above 2000 meters above sea level. Affected by natural factors such as snow and ice in winter in Tianshan Mountains, it is only open for five months a year. From the end of September to May of the next year, seasonal traffic control will be implemented for seven months.
——The above description is taken from Baidu Encyclopedia.
