The Longest Desert Highway in the World (8 pics)

Posted in       8 May 2013       8882

This 343 miles (552km) highway runs through the Tarim desert on Takla Makan, China. To protect the road from the sand, they have planted vegetation on either side of the road and built a huge irrigation system to manage it.
 

The Longest Desert Highway in the World
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