Friendship Highway

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The Friendship Highway, also known as the Karakoram Highway, is a high-altitude road linking China and Pakistan through the Karakoram mountain range and is renowned as one of the world’s highest paved international highways.

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Friendship Highway canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway
international road
mountain road
alsoKnownAs China–Pakistan Friendship Highway
linked to: Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway
connects China
Pakistan
constructionEnd 1979
constructionStart 1966
country China
Pakistan
crosses Khunjerab Pass
hazard glacial lake outburst floods
landslides
rockfalls
highestPoint Khunjerab Pass
highestPointElevation about 15397 feet
about 4693 metres
length approximately 1300 kilometres
approximately 810 miles
locatedIn Himalayan region
Karakoram Range
linked to: Karakoram
maintainedBy China
Pakistan
notableFeature forms part of the ancient Silk Road corridor
one of the highest paved international roads in the world
runs through the Karakoram mountain range
opened 1978
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
passesNear Karakoram glaciers
Nanga Parbat region
passesThrough Gilgit-Baltistan
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
linked to: Xinjiang
regionServed Gilgit
Hunza Valley
Xinjiang
roadType paved highway
two-lane road
seasonalCondition can be closed in winter due to heavy snowfall
significance strategic transport corridor between Western China and the Arabian Sea
symbol of China–Pakistan friendship
terminusA Kashgar
terminusB Islamabad
usedFor military logistics
tourism
trade between China and Pakistan

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Karakoram Highway knownAs Friendship Highway
Karakoram Highway alsoKnownAs Friendship Highway
subject linked to: KKH