Where are the starting and ending points of Tarim desert highway?

How many people are shivering in Tarim Desert, Xinjiang? Not everyone can cross the desert. The roads built allow go on road trip lovers to cross the desert. It takes five hours to cross the road. Do you want to challenge it?

Tarim Desert Highway starts from the east of luntai county, Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang in the north, crosses the Tarim River, crosses Tazhong Oilfield in the vast desert, and reaches Minfeng County in Hotan, Xinjiang in the south. Tarim desert highway with a total length of more than 500 kilometers. Tarim Desert Highway (Taklimakan Desert Highway) is the longest highway built in a flowing desert in the world at present.

There are four roads before and after Tarim Desert Highway.

1, Article 1: luntai county-Minfeng County

The first one is from luntai county to Minfeng County. It starts from the National Highway 3 14 in the north and goes to luntai county in the east, passing through Lunnan Oilfield, Tarim River, Xiaotang Oilfield, Tazhong Oilfield and Taklimakan Desert, and reaches the National Highway 3 15 in Minfeng County in the south. It runs through the Tarim basin from north to south, with a total length of 522 kilometers, including 446 kilometers through the flowing desert.

Among them, the mobile desert highway starts from Xiaotang in the north and reaches Minfeng County in the south, which is located 23 kilometers east of Minfeng County, with a total length of 446 kilometers.

Tarim desert highway is the longest highway built in flowing desert in the world at present. The expressway started in March 1993 and was completed in September 1995.

The highway is connected to the highway network of Lunnan Oilfield in the north and National Highway 3 14 in the south, with a total length of 522 kilometers. Among them, the mobile desert highway starts from Xiaotang in the north and reaches Chi 'an, 23 kilometers east of Minfeng County in the south, with a total length of 446 kilometers.

Entering the hinterland of the desert, you can see strange natural landscapes, mirage, quicksand wonders, desert life wonders and so on. From a distance, thousands of miles of sand dunes spread from the ground to the sky like waves, and from the sky to the endless horizon.

2. Article 2: Alar City-Hotan City

Tacha-Hotan, the fare is generally 70 yuan/person. If a Uighur uncle asks (almost all drivers know him), it can be cheaper, and there will be a good location and good treatment (my classmate found his mobile phone at the gas station half an hour after getting on the bus, and as soon as he told the driver, the driver immediately braked and turned around, which made the whole car people puzzled and startled).

The desert has been open for a long time from Pagoda to Ruoqiang, but usually the official maps are not marked, only the Pagoda is marked. If you want to go to Ruoqiang, you can wait for the bus at the fork in the tower.

3. Article 3: Alar City-Tazhong Town, Qiemo County

The scenery along the desert highway roundabout-Tanner fork road is good, including Tarim River, 0 km monument of desert highway, Populus euphratica forest, sand barrier prevention and so on. Worthy of licensed photography. Tower fork-the scenery of Minfeng is relatively simple, so you can take the shuttle bus to avoid spending too much money.

Article 4: Yuli County-Qiemo County

Desert highway will play an important role in accelerating oil and gas exploration and development in Tarim Basin, promoting economic development and political stability in Xinjiang, and at the same time create favorable conditions for domestic and foreign tourists to go deep into the hinterland of Taklimakan desert and carry out desert adventure tourism. At present, at the end of 0 km desert road in Lunnan town and Qia 'an desert road in Minfeng county, there are magnificent and colorful desert road buildings, and there is a magnificent desert road introduction monument next to the gatehouse. On both sides of the building are huge couplets of "the eternal dream of turning the desert into an oil field" and "the miracle of turning the present desert into a thoroughfare". When the car drives into the desert highway called "the road of hope" and "the road of happiness", people can't help but feel ups and downs.

Drought-tolerant psammophytes such as willow and Elaeagnus angustifolia will be planted by desert groundwater along the highway, and six green belts will be built on both sides of the highway. The ideal of wearing green clothes on Taklimakan desert highway is about to become a reality.

Tip: For tourists who are eager to cross the Tarim Desert, the Tarim Desert Highway undoubtedly provides the best conditions. The whole desert takes about 5 hours by car, and you can see the strange desert landscape and the Millennium Populus euphratica along the way.