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Highway through world's deepest canyon completed in Tibet

Photo taken on May 16, 2021 shows part of the Laohuzui tunnel on the highway linking Pad Township in the city of Nyingchi and Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Construction of a highway passing through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, known as the world's deepest canyon with a maximum depth of 6,009 meters, was completed on Saturday in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The project took almost seven years to complete. A 2,114-meter tunnel was dug through on Saturday morning, marking the completion of the major construction of the 67.22-km road connecting Pad Township in the city of Nyingchi and Medog County. (Photo by Dong Zhixiong/Xinhua)

[ Editor: SRQ ]