How is highway tunnel constructed above 3,000 meters in China

  • 8 months ago
In China's Xinjiang, a lengthy highway tunnel is being constructed at an altitude of over 3,200 meters.

Join Xinhua to discover how a dedicated team of over 2,000 workers overcome climate and geological challenges to drill the 22-km-long tunnel.

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Transcript
00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Here is the central control room of the internal boring
00:26 machine.
00:27 And every digging and every drilling step
00:30 of this strength machine is operated and controlled here.
00:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:36 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:39 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:48 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:52 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:16 I'm now in the main tunnel, which is under construction.
01:21 After it is completed, it is a carriage way.
01:25 Compared with the central head internal,
01:27 it is activated by the traditional method.
01:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:38 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:41 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:20 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:23 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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