Photo taken on June 28, 2021 shows a section of the Nagchu-Lhasa expressway. The expressway went into operation on Aug 21.- Chinanews.com]
LHASA (Xinhua): The world's highest expressway, running between the city of Nagchu and Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, went into operation on Saturday (Aug 21), with the opening of the final 227-km section between Nagchu and Yangbajain, according to the Ministry of Transport.
The Nagchu-Lhasa expressway, running 295km with an average altitude of over 4,500m, is part of the expressway linking Beijing and Lhasa, and is the first highway connecting Lhasa and the grasslands of northern Tibet.
