The Karakoram Highway is an international road connecting Pakistan and China across the Karakoram mountain range, built jointly by both countries between 1959 and 1979. Crossing the Khunjerab Pass at 4,714 metres, it is among the highest paved international roads anywhere. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Established Year SignificanceCrosses the Khunjerab Pass at 4,714 metres, among the highest paved international roads in the world; sometimes called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" for the engineering the crossing required. 1 Route TypeInternational mountain highway 1 TerminiHasan Abdal, Pakistan to Kashgar, China 1 Operational Status Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Karakoram Highway
WikipediaLead section, sentence giving the highway length and termini
is a 1,300 km (810 mi) long national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan
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