desert highway

Lacking electricity and water, how did China build thousands of kilometers of highway across the Taklimakan desert?
Building cross-desert highways is one of China's engineering marvels.
Video: Watch workers 'plant' hay to protect a road in the middle of China's largest desert
These workers are placing hay fences along a road under construction in the Taklamakan, the largest desert in China.
Explore the world's longest desert highway
Tarim desert highway connects the cities of Luntai and Minfeng areas near Tarim (Xinjiang, China) with a total length of 552km.