AH1
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, 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.
Asian Highway 1 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Length | 20,557 km (12,774 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
East end | Tokyo, Japan 35°41′03″N 139°46′29″E | |||
West end | Istanbul, Turkey 41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E | |||
Location | ||||
Countries | Tokyo, Japan via South Korea, North Korea, China, 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 | |||
Highway system | ||||
Asian Highway Network
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Japan
The 1200-kilometre[1] section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.[2] It runs along the following tolled expressways:[3]
- 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,[4] Tokyo Interchange to Komaki
- Meishin Expressway, Komaki to Suita via Kyoto
- Chūgoku Expressway, Suita to Kobe
- San'yō Expressway, Kobe to Hatsukaichi via Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Expressway (urban expressway), Hatsukaichi to Hatsukaichi Route 1
- National Route 2 Hatsukaichi to Iwakuni
- San'yō Expressway, Iwakuni to Yamaguchi
- Chūgoku Expressway, Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
- Kanmon Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
- Kyushu Expressway, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
- Fukuoka Expressway Route 4
- Fukuoka Expressway Route 1
Camellia Line ferry to Busan, South Korea.
From Fukuoka, 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 City Route 71: Busan-Centre - Busan-Dong-gu
- Busan City Route 11: Busan-Dong-gu - Busan-Geumjeong-gu
- Gyeongbu Expressway: Busan-Geumjeong-gu - Gyeongju - Daegu - Daejeon - Seoul-Seocho-gu
- Seoul City Route 41: Seoul-Seocho-gu - Seoul-Gangnam-gu - Seoul-Yongsan-gu
- Namsan 1st tunnel: Seoul-Yongsan-gu - Seoul-Jung-gu
- Seoul City Route 21: Seoul-Jung-gu - Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu
- National Route 1: Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu - Panmunjeom
North Korea
- P'anmunjŏm - Kaesŏng
- Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway: Kaesŏng - P'yŏngyang
- Pyongyang-Sinuiju Motorway (Under Construction): P'yŏngyang - Sinŭiju
China
- Within Dandong: New Yalu River Bridge - Binjiang Middle Road ( G228) - Chunsan Road - People's Square roundabout - Jinshan Street - Huayuan Road ( G301)
- G1113: Dandong - Shenyang (Xiashengou JCT)
- Within Shenyang: G1501: Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT
- G1: Shenyang (Beiliguan JCT) - Beijing (Shiyuan JCT)
- Within Beijing: G4501: Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT
- G4: Beijing (Fangshan Liyuan JCT) - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Guangzhou (Taihe JCT)
- Within Guangzhou: G1508: Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT
- G80: Guangzhou - Nanning
- G7211: Nanning - Youyiguan
Hong Kong
Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch
Vietnam
- : Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng - Hanoi - Vinh - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội An - Quy Nhơn - Nha Trang - Phan Thiết - Biên Hòa - Ho Chi Minh
- : Ho Chi Minh - Mộc Bài
Cambodia
Thailand
- Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong
- Route 1: Hin Kong - Bang Pa In
- Route 32: - Bang Pa In - Chai Nat (Concurrent with )
- Route 1: Chai Nat - Tak (Concurrent with )
- 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 North-East
Bangladesh
- N2 Highway: Tamabil - Sylhet - Kanchpur - Dhaka
- Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway
- Bhanga - Faridpur
- N7 Highway: Faridpur - Jessore
- Jessore - Benapole[5]
India East & North
- NH 112: Petrapole - Barasat
- NH 12: Barasat - Kolkata Airport
- Belghoria Expressway: Kolkata Airport - Dankuni
- NH 19: Dankuni - Durgapur -Asansol - Dhanbad -Barhi - Mohania - Varanasi Allahabad - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
- NH 44: New Delhi - Sonipat - Ambala - Jalandhar
- NH 3: Jalandhar - Amritsar - Attari
Pakistan
Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Ring Highway: Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Delaram - Herat - Islam Qala
Iran
Turkey
Connection to E80
The route AH1 is also marked as E80 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to AH1. |
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 54
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 3
- アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所 (in Japanese). MLIT. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 54 shows an aerial photo of the Yokohama Aoba Interchange, placing AH1 clearly on the Tomei Expressway rather than the other Tokyo-Nagoya expressway, the Chūō Expressway.
- http://www.rhd.gov.bd/RHDMaps/Maps/Country_Bangladesh.pdf