When will the Dooku Highway open to traffic in 2023?

On June, 2022 10, the entire northern section of Guanxuan Duku Highway was officially opened to traffic. Specific road section: Dushanzi-Nalati road section; The south section of Duku Highway was opened to traffic by leaking rain. The specific section is Kuqa to Xinyuan Nalati.

/kloc-from mid-October to June of the following year, traffic control will be implemented on Duku Highway. Because the mountains are closed by heavy snow and the roads are closed, most of the year is impassable. It is only open for five months a year. The normal opening hours are from June 1 day to September 30th every year, which can be advanced or postponed as appropriate according to the specific weather conditions of each year. If the weather is bad, the road will be temporarily closed.

Duku Highway, namely Dushanzi-Kuche section of National Highway 2 17, is the southern section of National Highway 2 17 connecting the north and south of Xinjiang. Crossing the Tianshan Mountains, it starts from Dushanzi, a petroleum city in Xinjiang, and ends at Kuqa at the southern foot of Tiankui Banshan and the northern edge of Tarim Basin. Its geographical coordinates are 82 55' ~ 84 58' east longitude and 465 438+0 42 north latitude.

Duku Highway is a veritable landscape avenue, from the single-return Kongzishan Grand Canyon at the starting point to the Nalati and Bayinbuluke grasslands along the way, and then to the mysterious Grand Canyon of Kuqa Tianshan at the end. Along the Duku Highway, you can cross Jiashan in Khabir, Nushan in Borocco, Awulale Mountain, Nalati Mountain, Erbin Mountain, Huck Mountain, Yining and Kuche Basin.

In 20 19, the total number of tourist vehicles on Duku Highway was 596,000, up 85.39% year-on-year; The number of tourists is about 1 1,788,000, an increase of 85.63% year-on-year, and more than 1 1,000 vehicles pass through during the peak period.