Highway through world's deepest canyon completed in Tibet - China News
2021-05-16 16:05:15 GMT2021-05-17 00:05:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LHASA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- 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. The project was built by the C...