China National Highway 217
Turn-off for the "Ghost City" near
Karamay
China National Highway 217 (G217) runs south from Altay, Xinjiang to Hotan, Xinjiang. It is 1,753 kilometres in length and runs southwest from Altay towards Kuqa County and from there southwards through the Taklamakan Desert to Hotan.
The section between Dushanzi and Kuqa crosses the Tianshan Mountains and is commonly known as Duku Highway (独库公路).
Route and distance
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Major Routes (Abolished and absorbed into Expressway system) |
- 010
- 020
- 030
- G4(Beijing-Zhuhai Section)
- 040
- G55(Erenhot-Taiyuan Section)
- G5
- G80(Kunming-Kaiyuan Section)
- G8011
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- 015
- 025
- 035
- 045
- 055
- 065
- G60
- G56(Hangzhou-Ruili Section)
- 075
- G72(Hengyang-Nanjing Section)
- G80(Nanning-Baise Section)
- G78(Baise-Kunming Section)
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China National Highway 112 runs around Beijing
Before 2013, Mainland China observed National Highway 228 as Taiwan Ring, composed of several National Expressway (Republic of China) and Taiwan provincial highways, this designation is not recognized by Republic of China (Taiwan). This observation was eventually dropped in new National Highway plans, replaced by Dandong-Dongxing Highway.
A extension plan of the highway system was announced in 2013, including extension of existing highways(101-112, 201-227, 301-330) and new highways (North-South 228-248, East-West 331-361, Connections 501-581). Only small portions of them needs to be constructed from scratch; most of the new highways would be upgraded provincial/county highways.
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