Yaxi (Ya'an-Xichang) Expressway is also known as the expressway on the clouds, the sky road, the ladder expressway, and the most beautiful expressway in China. This time we bring you a complete driving video of it.
- ROUTE OF THIS DRIVING: maps.app.goo.gl/ctm23VEFQPeaA...
0:00 Intro
0:51 Ya'an Babu Toll Gate
18:32 Yingjing Service Area
27:31 Labajin Bridge - The world's tallest bridge pier with continuous steel structure
33:40 Tushangang Parking Area
38:11 Nibashan Tunnel - 10km long tunnel
55:24 Hanyuan Service Area - Daduhe River Grand Canyon
1:04:19 Hanyuan Service Area
1:14:59 Guanyinyan Daduhe River Bridge
1:19:40 Shimian Service Area
1:47:32 Guodidang Parking Area
1:49:36 Ganhaizi Tunnel
1:51:02 Ganhaizi Bridge
1:54:54 Tiezhaizi - Dual Spiral Tunnels
2:04:46 Pusagang Service Area
2:27:53 Mianning Service Area
2:53:19 Lugu Toll Gate
- YAXI HIGHWAY (EXPRESSWAY)
Yaxi Expressway is an expressway connecting Ya'an City and Xichang City, with a total length of 240 kilometers. It is an important part of the Beijing-Kunming Expressway (G5) and the Gansu Lanzhou-Yunnan Mohan Highway, one of the eight major western channels, in Sichuan.
The Ya'an-Xichang Expressway climbs from the edge of the Sichuan Basin to the highlands of the Hengduan Mountains. The average altitude rises by 7.5 meters for every kilometer it extends forward. The expressway shuttles through the mountains like a giant dragon.
This expressway passes through deep mountain valleys in the southwest where geological disasters are frequent. The terrain is extremely steep, the geological structure is extremely complex, the climate is extremely changeable, the ecological environment is extremely fragile, the construction conditions are extremely difficult, and safe operation is also extremely difficult. It is recognized by domestic and foreign experts and scholars as one of the mountain expressways with the worst natural conditions, the greatest engineering difficulty, and the highest technological content in China and even the world.
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