AH1

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This article is about a route of the Asian Highway Network. For the single engine helicopter gunship, see AH-1 Cobra. For the dual engine helicopter gunship, see AH-1 SuperCobra. For other uses, see AH-1.
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AH1 is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 12,845 miles (20,557 km) from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul.

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[edit] Japan

The starting point of Asian highway Route 1

The 750-mile (1200-kilometer)[1] section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.[2] It runs along the following tolled expressways:[3]

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.

[edit] South Korea

Gyeongbu Expressway Built in Asian Highways 1 Sign

The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway.

(transferred the control of this section to the City of Seoul in 15 December 2002)

[edit] North Korea

[edit] China

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] Cambodia

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Myanmar

[edit] India

[edit] Bangladesh

[1]

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Afghanistan

[edit] Iran

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Connection to E80

E80 across southern Europe and Turkey

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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 54
  2. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 3
  3. ^ "アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所" (in Japanese). MLIT. http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/sign/asian_highway/map.htm. Retrieved December 5, 2011. 
  4. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 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.
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