China National Highway 218

National Highway 218
218国道
Route information
Length	1,067 km (663 mi)
Major junctions
From	Yining, Xinjiang
To	Ruoqiang, Xinjiang
Location
Country	China
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System Primary Auxiliary
← G217 → G219

China National Highway 218 (G218) runs from Yining, Xinjiang to Ruoqiang, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. It is 1,067 kilometres in length and runs southeast from Yining towards Ruoqiang. The road starts at the Kazakh border. (West of Yining it may have a different number (?).) It passes Yining (Kulja) and follows the natural trade route east along the upper valley of the Ili River. It enters higher country and south of Urumchi turns south and crosses the Tien Shan mountains. It then enters the oasis country around Korla and Karashahr and then crosses the Tarim Basin along the old bed to the Tarim River to Ruoqiang (Charkilik) on the south side of the basin. With highways 314 and 315 it forms a loop around most of the Tarim basin.

Route and distance

Route and distance

City Distance (km) Yining, Xinjiang 0 Korla, Xinjiang 623 Yuli County, Xinjiang 677 Ruoqiang, Xinjiang 1067

See also

• China National Highways

External links

• Official website of Ministry of Transport of PRC