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
Montana Highway 48 Montana Highway 48 Montana State Highway 48 (MT 48) is a short state maintained highway located in Deer Lodge County, in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Montana. The highway is long, and connects MT 1 to Interstate 90, passing mainly through rural mining areas. MT 48 was first designated in 1938, although portions of a highway existed in the location of MT 48 by at least 1924. MT 48 begins at an intersection with MT 1 as a two-lane, paved road. The highway proceeds northeastward through rural mining land for a short distance before intersecting S-273. The