New expressway getting Beijing, Urumqi closer By LUO WANGSHU | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-03 08:07 Share CLOSE Aerial photo taken on June 28, 2021, shows a section of the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway in Kazak autonomous county of Barkol, Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the longest desert-crossing expressway in the world, fully opened to traffic on Wednesday after the last section of the route in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was put into operation. [Photo/Xinhua]
Road trip enthusiasts in China might want to start planning for a journey from Beijing to Urumqi via a newly opened expressway that will allow them to travel to the capital of Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region through the Gobi Desert and across mountains.