China National Highway 217

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.

National Highway 217
217国道
Route information
Length	1,753 km (1,089 mi)
Major junctions
From	Altay, Xinjiang
To	Kuqa County, Xinjiang
Location
Country	China
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System Primary Auxiliary
← G216 → G218

Turn-off for the "Ghost City" near Karamay

Curves at about 960 km from its starting point.

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

Route and distance

City Distance (km) Altay, Xinjiang 0 Burqin County, Xinjiang 110 Urho District, Xinjiang 339 Baijiantan District, Xinjiang 404 Karamay, Xinjiang 437 Kuytun, Xinjiang 574 Dushanzi District, Xinjiang 595 Kuqa County, Xinjiang 1117 Hotan, Xinjiang 1753

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