AH1
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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 / 35.68417°N 139.77472°E | |||
West end | Kapıkule, Turkey 41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E / 41.71694°N 26.35278°E | |||
Location | ||||
Countries | Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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 Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins end-on with European route E80, running all the way to Lisbon, Portugal.
Japan
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/The_starting_point_of_Asian_highway_Route_1%2C_Chuo-city%2C_Tokyo%2C_Japan.jpg/220px-The_starting_point_of_Asian_highway_Route_1%2C_Chuo-city%2C_Tokyo%2C_Japan.jpg)
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
From Fukuoka, the Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.
South Korea
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Asian_Highways_1_South_Korea.jpg/206px-Asian_Highways_1_South_Korea.jpg)
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
[edit]- P'anmunjŏm - Kaesŏng
Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway: Kaesŏng - P'yŏngyang
Pyongyang-Sinuiju Motorway (Under Construction): P'yŏngyang - Sinŭiju
China
[edit]- Within Dandong: New Yalu River Bridge - Guomen Avenue -
S326 (Dandong Xinqu IC) -
G11 Zhangjiabao JCT -
G1113 Dandong JCT
G1113: Dandong - Shenyang
- Within Shenyang:
G1501: Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT
G1: Shenyang - Jinzhou - Beijing
- Within Beijing:
G4501: Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT
G4: Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou
- Within Guangzhou:
G1508: Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT
G80: Guangzhou - Nanning
G7211: Nanning - Youyiguan
Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch
[edit]G1508: Taihe JCT - Huocun JCT
G4: Guangzhou - Shenzhen (Huanggang Port)
Hong Kong
[edit]Route 10: Shenzhen Bay Port - Shenzhen Bay Bridge - Lam Tei
Route 9: Lam Tei - Yuen Long Highway - San Tin Highway - Lok Ma Chau Control Point
Vietnam
[edit]: Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng
: Bắc Giang - Bắc Ninh - Hanoi
: Hanoi
: Hanoi - Thanh Hoá - Diễn Châu
: Vinh - Hà Tĩnh - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà
: Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội An - Quảng Ngãi
: Quy Nhơn - Tuy Hòa - Nha Trang
: Nha Trang - Cam Ranh
: Cam Ranh - Tuy Phong
: Tuy Phong - Phan Thiết - Dầu Giây
: Dầu Giây - Long Thành - Phú Hữu
- Connection to HCMC Ring Road 2 (Phú Hữu to High-Tech Park) (temporary)
: Ho Chi Minh
: Dĩ An - Thuận An
: Ho Chi Minh
: Ho Chi Minh - Mộc Bài
In future,
(Long Trường - Tân Vạn, Bình Chuẩn - Hóc Môn)
(HCMC - Mộc Bài)
will become part of AH1 instead of the current National Highway 1 and National Highway 22.
Cambodia
[edit]Thailand
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Thai-Myanmar_friendship_bridge.jpg/220px-Thai-Myanmar_friendship_bridge.jpg)
Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong
Route 1: Hin Kong - Bang Pa In
Route 32: - Bang Pa In - Chai Nat (Concurrent with
AH2)
Route 1: Chai Nat - Tak (Concurrent with
AH2)
Route 12: Tak - Mae Sot
Myanmar
[edit]- National Highway 8: Myawaddy - Payagyi
- Branch Yangon–Mandalay Expressway : Payagyi - Yangon
- Yangon–Mandalay Expressway: Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay
- National Highway 7: (Concurrent with
AH2): Mandalay - Tamu
India (East)
[edit]NH 102: Moreh - Imphal
NH 2: Imphal - Viswema - Kohima
NH 29: Kohima - Chümoukedima - Dimapur - Doboka
NH 39:
Dimapur- Silonijan - Rangajan - Numaligarh
Bangladesh
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Road_to_jaflong.jpg/220px-Road_to_jaflong.jpg)
N2: Tamabil, Sylhet - Sylhet - Kanchpur - Dhaka
N8: Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway
N804: Bhanga, Faridpur - Alipur, Faridpur
N803: Alipur, Faridpur - Goalchamot, Faridpur
N7: Faridpur - Jashore
N706: Jashore - Benapole[5]
India (West)
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Asean_India_Car_Rally_While_Reached_Numaligarh.jpg/220px-Asean_India_Car_Rally_While_Reached_Numaligarh.jpg)
NH 112: Petrapole - Barasat
NH 12: Barasat - Kolkata Airport
NH 19: Dankuni - Durgapur -Asansol - Dhanbad -Barhi - Mohania - Varanasi - Allahabad - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
NH 44 / Grand Trunk Road: New Delhi - Sonipat - Ambala - Jalandhar
NH 3 / Grand Trunk Road: Jalandhar - Amritsar - Attari
Pakistan
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/KhyberPassPakistan.jpg/220px-KhyberPassPakistan.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cruising_on_M2.jpg/220px-Cruising_on_M2.jpg)
Afghanistan
[edit]- Afghanistan Ring Highway: Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Delaram - Herat - Islam Qala
Iran
[edit]: Islam Qala - Taybad
: Taybad- Sang Bast
: Sang Bast - Nishapur - Sabzevar - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran
Freeway2, the continuation of AH1 in Iran : Tehran - Qazvin - Zanjan - Tabriz
Qazvin Zanjan Freeway is a part of Asian Highway 1 in Iran Qazvin-Rasht freeway intersection bridge on Zanjan-Qazvin freeway in Iran : Tabriz - Bazargan
Turkey
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Abhar_exit_on_Qazvin-Zanjan_freeway.jpg/220px-Abhar_exit_on_Qazvin-Zanjan_freeway.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Qazvin_Zanjan_Freeway.jpg/220px-Qazvin_Zanjan_Freeway.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Yavuz_Sultan_Selim_Bridge_%2830881432865%29.jpg/220px-Yavuz_Sultan_Selim_Bridge_%2830881432865%29.jpg)
E80 / D.100 Road D100: Gürbulak - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye
E90 / D.200 Road D200: Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara
E89 / O-4 Otoyol 4: Ankara - Gerede - Istanbul
E84 / O-7 Otoyol 7: Istanbul
E80 / O-3 Otoyol 3: Istanbul - Edirne - - Kapıkule (
Bulgaria,
Maritsa motorway)
Connection to E80
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/European_route_E80.png/220px-European_route_E80.png)
The route AH1 links to E80 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]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
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