AH1

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This article is about a route of the Asian Highway Network. For the single engine helicopter gunship, see Bell AH-1 Cobra. For the dual engine helicopter gunship, see Bell AH-1 SuperCobra. For other uses, see AH-1.
Asian Highway 1 shield
Asian Highway 1
Route information
Length20,557 km (12,774 mi)
Major junctions
East endTokyo, Japan 35°41′03″N 139°46′29″E / 35.68417°N 139.77472°E / 35.68417; 139.77472
West endKapıkule, Turkey 41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E / 41.71694°N 26.35278°E / 41.71694; 26.35278
Location
CountriesJapan, South Korea, North Korea, China (including Hong Kong), Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey
Highway system
Asian Highway Network
 → Tabliczka AH2.svg AH2

Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest east–west route of the Asian Highway Network, running 20,557 km (12,774 mi) from Tokyo, Japan via the Korean Peninsula (South Korea and North Korea), China (Mainland China and Hong Kong), Mainland Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar), the South Asia (India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan), and the Iranian Plateau (Afghanistan and Iran) to the international border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins European route E80, running all the way to Lisbon, Portugal.

Japan[edit | edit source]

AH1 at Nihonbashi, Tokyo, the "zero milepost" for measuring highway distances to Tokyo.

The 1,200-kilometre[1] section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.[2] It runs along the following tolled expressways:[3]

From Fukuoka, the Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.

South Korea[edit | edit source]

Signage along the Gyeongbu Expressway with AH 1 route marker

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

North Korea[edit | edit source]

China[edit | edit source]

Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch[edit | edit source]

Hong Kong[edit | edit source]

Vietnam[edit | edit source]

Long Thanh Bridge

In future,

will become part of AH1 instead of the current National Highway 1 and National Highway 22.

Cambodia[edit | edit source]

Thailand[edit | edit source]

AH1, AH2 and Thailand Route 32 in Ayutthaya
Thai Myanmar Friendship Bridge

Myanmar[edit | edit source]

India (East)[edit | edit source]

Bangladesh[edit | edit source]

N2 in Bangladesh

India (West)[edit | edit source]

Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at Numaligarh

Pakistan[edit | edit source]

Khyber Pass
Motorway M-2, Lahore-Islamabad

Afghanistan[edit | edit source]

Iran[edit | edit source]

Abhar exit on Qazvin-Zanjan freeway in Iran
Qazvin Zanjan Freeway in Khorramdarreh County-Zanjan in Iran

Turkey[edit | edit source]

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Connection to E80[edit | edit source]

E80 across southern Europe
Main article: European route E80

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

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 54
  2. ↑ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 3
  3. ↑ アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所 (in 日本語). MLIT. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "RHD Road Network Bangladesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
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