Longest route of the Asian Highway Network
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 .
Asian Highway 1
Length 20,557 km (12,774 mi) East end
Tokyo ,
Japan
35°41′03″N 139°46′29″E / 35.68417°N 139.77472°E / 35.68417; 139.77472 West end
Kapıkule ,
Turkey
41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E / 41.71694°N 26.35278°E / 41.71694; 26.35278
Countries
Japan ,
South Korea ,
North Korea ,
China ,
Vietnam ,
Cambodia ,
Thailand ,
Myanmar ,
India ,
Bangladesh ,
Pakistan ,
Afghanistan ,
Iran ,
Turkey
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
AH1 at
Nihonbashi ,
Tokyo , the "zero milepost" for measuring highway distances to Tokyo.
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
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
China
Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Long Thanh Bridge
In future,
(Diễn Châu - Cam Lộ, Quảng Ngãi - Nha Trang, Cam Lâm - Vĩnh Hảo)
(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
Thailand
AH1,
AH2 and
Thailand Route 32 in
Ayutthaya
Thai Myanmar Friendship Bridge
Myanmar
India (East)
Dimapur -
Silonijan -
Rangajan -
Numaligarh
Bangladesh
N2 in Bangladesh
India (West)
Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at
Numaligarh
Pakistan
Khyber Pass
Motorway M2, Lahore-Islamabad
Afghanistan
Iran
Turkey
Abhar exit on
Qazvin-Zanjan freeway in
Iran
Qazvin Zanjan Freeway in
Khorramdarreh County -
Zanjan in
Iran
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
Connection to E80
E80 across southern Europe
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
^ 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 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link )
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