China National Highway 217

Road in China

Turn-off for the "Ghost City" near Karamay

Curves at about 960 km from its starting point.

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 highly scenic mountainous section between Dushanzi and Kuqa that crosses the Tianshan Mountains is commonly known as Duku Highway (独库公路). A section of Duku Highway also crosses the Bayanbulak Grassland National Nature Reserve.^[1]

Route and distance

Mountain Passes

From North to South:

• Haxilegen Pass, bypassed by tunnel. 3450 meters above the sea level.
• Yuximole Pass, bypassed by tunnel. 3438 meters above the sea level.
• Laerdun Pass. 2730 meters above the sea level.
• Tielimaiti Pass. bypassed by tunnel. 3335 meters above the sea level.

See also

• China National Highways

References

1. Baiping, Zhang (November 2002). "Human-Induced Changes to Biodiversity and Alpine Pastureland in the Bayanbulak Region of the East Tianshan Mountains" (PDF). Mountain Research and Development. 22 (4): 383–389. doi:10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0383:hictba]2.0.co;2. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

External links

• Official website of Ministry of Transport of PRC