World's Longest Expressway Tunnel: Runs For 22.13 Km, It Also Has A Record For...; Not In India Or US, It's In...

According to the South China Morning Post, the "world’s longest expressway tunnel" has opened in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the nation. 

Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, which is 22.13 kilometers long, reportedly opened on Friday.

Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, which is the centrepiece of the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway, created a 20-minute drive through the Tianshan Mountains, South China Morning Post reported.

The report also stated that Song Hailiang, chairman of China Communications Construction Company, said that the tunnel has "set two records". The other one, according to the chairman, is "the deepest vertical shaft for a highway tunnel."

Construction on the expressway began in April 2020. 

The tunnel is expected to boost China’s links with Central Asia.

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