Reconstruction of the Karakoram Highway the China-Pakistan Friendship Tunnels can be traced to 2013, when China began construction on a bypass of Attabad Lake with a combination of 5 km worth of tunnels, two large bridges, and 78 small bridges to bypass the lake which had been formed after a 2010 earthquake triggered massive landslides. The resulting landslides cut off both the Indus River and Karakoram Highway resulting in the formation of the reservoir. Prior to completion of the bypass, all vehicular traffic had to be loaded onto barges to traverse the new reservoir. Construction of the tunnels began in 2012 and required 36 months
Ontario Highway 125 north is secondary Highway 599 to Pickle Lake. Despite connecting two nearby communities, the majority of the route is rural in nature; only the final kilometre is within a built-up area. Highway 125 was first assumed by the Department of Highways in the mid-1950s, connecting Red Lake with its Airport. The road was paved in its entirety by 1963. Ontario Highway 125 King's Highway 125, commonly referred to as Highway 125, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is the second northernmost provincial highway in Ontario, behind Secondary Highway 599. The route connects Highway 105