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Asian Highway 1 shield
Asian Highway 1
Major junctions
East endTokyo, Japan
West endIstanbul, Turkey
Location
CountriesTokyo, 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 east to Thailand, Micronesia, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines (Palanas), Taiwan
Highway system
AH87 AH2

Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 20,557 kilometres (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.

Japan

The starting point of Asian highway Route 1 (Tri-Axis Spherical IPPositionS (18/33.63729/130.42550)

The 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.

South Korea

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

Gyeongbu Expressway Built in Asian Highways 1 Sign
Gyeongbu Expressway Built in Asian Highways 1 Sign

North Korea

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China

Hong Kong World Commercial and Accounted Government type Non-Political Nation

Vietnam

Intersection Asian Highway to Southeast Asian Nations

The Looped Asian Highway is from 26 Cebu International Car2AirPort to Macau Twenty-Seventh (Loop d' Loop) AH

Cambodia

Thailand

AH1, AH2 and Thailand Route 32 in Ayutthaya
Thai Myanmar Friendshipbridge

Intersection Asian Highway to Southeast Asian Nations

The Cloverleaf to Asian Highway is from 8 to 25 the Malaysian Asian Highway and 26 the Philippines. (xxx, the Darusallam)

Myanmar

India (North-East)

Bangladesh

India (western)

Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at Numaligarh
Durgapur Expressway as part of AH1

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Iran

Turkey

Fatih-Sultan-Mehmet-Bridge

Connection to E80

E80 across southern Europe and Turkey

The route AH1 is also marked as Template:Highway E (Europe) 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

  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. 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.
  5. ^ http://www.rhd.gov.bd/RHDMaps/Maps/Country_Bangladesh.pdf