Tunnel of highway linking Tibet's Metok completed

Updated: 2010-12-15 13:29

(Xinhua)

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BOME, Tibet - Construction of the tunnel of a highway that links Tibet's Metok county to the outside is completed when explosive ripped through the end of the 3,310-meter tunnel at 10 am Wednesday.

Metok county is China's last county that has no highways.

With the completion of the tunnel, Metok will soon be linked to the outside with a highway that is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2011.

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