AH1
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 }}
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