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Asian Highway 1

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East end:
  
Tokyo, Japan

Highway system
  
Asian Highway Network

West end:
  
Istanbul, Turkey


Countries:
  
Tokyo, Japan via South Korea, North Korea, China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins end-on with European route E80 east to Thailand, Micronesia, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan

Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 20,557 km (12,774 mi) from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins end-on with European route E80.

Contents

Map of AH1, Vietnam

Japan

The 1200-kilometer section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003. It runs along the following tolled expressways:

  • Shuto Expressway C1 Inner Circular Route, Edobashi JCT to Tanimachi JCT via Takebashi JCT
  • Shuto Expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line, Tanimachi JCT to Yoga Exit (Tokyo Interchange)
  • Tōmei Expressway, Tokyo Interchange to Komaki
  • Meishin Expressway, Komaki to Suita via Kyoto
  • Chūgoku Expressway, Suita to Kobe
  • San'yō Expressway, Kobe to Yamaguchi via Hiroshima
  • Chūgoku Expressway, Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
  • Kanmonkyo Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
  • Kyūshū Expressway, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
  • Fukuoka Expressway Route 4
  • Fukuoka Expressway Route 1
  • From Fukuoka, AH1 takes the Camellia Line ferry to Busan, South Korea. The Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.

    South Korea

    The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway. The Highway Boundary of South and North Korea.

  • Busan Metropolitan Road 71: Busan-Centre - Busan-Dong-gu
  • Busan Metropolitan Road 11: Busan-Dong-gu - Busan-Geumjeong-gu
  • Gyeongbu Expressway: Busan-Geumjeong-gu - Gyeongju - Daegu - Daejeon - Seoul-Seocho-gu
  • Seoul Metropolitan Road 41: Seoul-Seocho-gu - Seoul-Gangnam-gu - Seoul-Yongsan-gu
  • Namsan 1st tunnel: Seoul-Yongsan-gu - Seoul-Jung-gu
  • Seoul Metropolitan Road 21: Seoul-Jung-gu - Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu
  • National Route 1: Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu - Panmunjeom
  • North Korea

  • P'anmunjǒm - Kaesǒng
  • Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway: Kaesǒng P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju
  • Pyongyang-Sinuiju Motorway (Under Construction): P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju
  • China

  • : Dandong
  • : Dandong - Shenyang
  • : Shenyang- Beijing
  • : Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Guangzhou
  • : Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Shenzhen Bay Control Point - Hong Kong Border
  • : Guangzhou
  • : Guangzhou - Nanning
  • : Nanning - Youyiguan
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

  • Route 10(Part): Shenzhen Bay Control Point - Hong Kong Border - Lam Tei
  • Vietnam

  • : Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng - Hanoi - Vinh - Đồng Hới - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội An - Quy Nhơn - Nha Trang - Phan Thiết - Biên Hòa - Ho Chi Minh
  • : Branch from Biên Hòa to Vũng Tàu
  • : Ho Chi Minh - Mộc Bài
  • Cambodia

  • Route 1: Bavet - Phnom Penh
  • Route 5: Phnom Penh - Poipet
  • Thailand

  • Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong
  • Route 1: Hin Kong - Bang Pa In
  • Route 1: Branch: Bang Pa In - Bangkok
  • Route 32: - Bang Pa In - Chai Nat
  • Route 1: Chai Nat - Tak
  • Route 12: Tak - Mae Sot
  • Myanmar

  • National Highway 8: Myawaddy - Payagyi
  • Branch Yangon–Mandalay Expressway : Payagyi - Yangon
  • Yangon–Mandalay Expressway: Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay
  • National Highway 7 (Concurrent with ): Mandalay - Tamu
  • India (Northeast)

  • NH 39: Moreh — Imphal — Kohima - Dimapur-Morangi-Numaligarh
  • NH 36: Dimapur — Nagaon
  • NH 37: Nagaon — Jorabat
  • NH 40: Jorabat — Shillong — Dawki
  • Bangladesh

  • N2 Highway: Tamabil - Sylhet - Kanchpur - Dhaka
  • N8 Highway: Dhaka - Mawa Ferry Terminal
  • Ferry Connection
  • N8 Highway: Kaorakandi Ferry Terminal - Bhanga - Faridpur
  • N7 Highway: Faridpur - Jessore
  • N706 N706 Highway: Jessore - Benapole
  • India

  • NH 35: Petrapole - Kolkata
  • NH 19: Kolkata - Durgapur -Asansol - Barhi - Allahabad - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
  • NH 1: New Delhi - Jallandhar — Attari
  • Pakistan

  • Wagah — Lahore
  • Lahore — Islamabad
  • Islamabad — Peshawar
  • Peshawar — Torkham
  • Afghanistan

  • Afghanistan Ring Highway: Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Delaram - Herat - Islam Qala
  • Iran

  •  : Islam Qala - Taybad
  •  : Taybad- Sang Bast
  •  : Sang Bast - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran
  •  : Tehran - Qazvin - Tabriz
  •  : Tabriz - Bazargan,
  • Turkey

  • Road D100: Gürbulak - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye
  • Road D200: Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara
  • Otoyol 4: Ankara - Gerede - İstanbul
  • Otoyol 2: İstanbul
  • Otoyol 3: İstanbul - Edirne - - Kapıkule ( Bulgaria, Maritsa motorway)
  • Connection to E80

    The route AH1 is also marked as in Turkey. The E80 continues in the E-road network from the border station at Kapitan Andreevo/Kapıkule to Sofia in Bulgaria, followed by E80 highways to Niš, Pristina, Dubrovnik, Pescara, Rome, Genoa, Nice, Toulouse, Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca and finally Lisbon on the Atlantic Ocean.

    References

    Asian Highway 1 Wikipedia