Xinjiang

Tarim Desert Highway, also known as the Cross-Desert Highway is the world's longest desert road. The total length of the Tarim Desert Highway is 552 km long, where about 446 km of the highway crosses uninhabited portions of the Taklamakan Desert.

The Tarim Desert Highway crosses in a north-south direction, connecting the cities of Luntai and Hotan. Preventing the shifting sands from covering the highway, bushes and vegetation, and a massive irrigation system was constructed to pump water for the vegetation along the highway.

At the halfway point along the desert highway, there are a few restaurants and a gas station.

China - Xinjiang