The two-way four-lane expressway standard is adopted, and the design speed is 120 kilometers per hour for the plain section and 100 kilometers for the mountain section.
The whole line of Yiruo Highway is located in the uninhabited areas of Altun Mountain and Lop Nur, which are among the four major uninhabited areas in China.The mountain ranges from 2,600 to 3,600 meters above sea level, with temperatures as high as 35 degrees Celsius, extreme low temperatures below -20 degrees Celsius, and annual rainfall of only 20 to 50 mm. It is mainly composed of deserts, Gobi and barren mountains.
In addition, the Yiruo Highway also passes through the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve in Xinjiang. The ecological environment is fragile and the environmental protection requirements are higher. Once the natural environment is damaged during construction, it will seriously affect the survival of endangered species.
In order to minimize the environmental impact of the route, the builders built 176 bridges with a total of 22.78 kilometers within the scope of the protected area, leaving a migration channel for wild animals.
After five years, this third expressway passage into and out of Xinjiang after the G7 Line Jingxin Expressway and the G30 Line Lianhuo Expressway was finally completed and opened to traffic.
