Stock photography, photos: Burma Road Monument - China Stock photos of Detail of the Burma Road Monument in Kunming, the capitol of Yunnan Province in China. The Burma Road extended from the Myanmar (Burma) railhead of Lashio to Kunming. About 700 mi (1,130 km) long and constructed through rough mountain country, it was a remarkable engineering achievement. Undertaken by the Chinese after the start of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and completed in 1938, it was used to transport war supplies landed at Rangoon and shipped by railroad to Lashio. It was a vital transportation route for wartime supplies to the Chinese government from 1938 to 1946. Dodge trucks were used to transport material on the Burma Road. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: asia, china, yunnan, kunming, burma, burma road, stilwell road, monument, dodge