China Communications Construction Company complete highway tunnel connecting Lhasa with Zhanang county in the Tibet autonomous region on Wednesday after 7 years of construction. High altitude, less oxygen, cold, length and difficult geology took 7 years instead of normal 4.
It is world's highest altitude tunnel (at entrance 4,248 meters; at exit 4,117 meters above sea)
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Long tunnel completed in Tibet after 7 years
www.chinadaily.com.cnA highway tunnel connecting Lhasa with Zhanang county in the Tibet autonomous region was completed on Wednesday after seven years of construction, marking big progress on another vital traffic corridor in the region.