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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Japan
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]
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 Yamaguchi via Hiroshima- Chūgoku Expressway, Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
Kanmonkyo Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
Kyūshū Expressway, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
Fukuoka Expressway Route 4
Fukuoka Expressway Route 1
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.
- Chungjangno: Busan Port (Jung-gu, Busan) - Dong-gu, Busan This line is a part of Busan city route 71.
- Beonyeonno: Dong-gu, Busan - Guseo IC (Geumjeong-gu, Busan)
- This line is also known as Busan 1st Urban Expressway and a part of Busan city route 11.
Gyeongbu Expressway (Express route 1): Guseo IC (Geumjeong-gu, Busan) - Yangjae IC (Seocho-gu, Seoul)- Former Gyeongbu Expressway: Yangjae IC (Seocho-gu, Seoul) - Hannam IC (Gangnam-gu, Seoul)
(transferred the control of this section to the City of Seoul in 15 December 2002)
- Hannamro: Hannam IC (Gangnam-gu, Seoul) - Hannam Bridge - Yongsan-gu, Seoul This line is a part of Seoul city route 41.
- Namsan 1st tunnel: Yongsan-gu - Jung-gu
- Toegyero: Jung-gu - Seoul Station (Jung-gu)
- Uijuro: Seoul Station (Jung-gu, Seoul) - Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul This line is a part of Seoul city route 21.
Tongilro: Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul - Panmunjeom (Paju, Gyeonggi-do) This line is a part of National route 1
North Korea
- P'anmunjǒm - Kaesǒng - P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju
China
G1113 :Dandong - Shenyang
G1: Shenyang- Beijing
G4 Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Guangzhou
G80: Guangzhou - Nanning
G7211: Nanning - Youyiguan
Vietnam
- Route 1A: Hồ Chí Minh City - Biên Hòa - Nha Trang - Hội An - Đà Nẵng - Huế - Đông Hà - Đồng Hới - Vinh - Hà Nội
- Route 22: Mộc Bài - Hồ Chí Minh City
- Route 279: Đồng Đăng - Hữu Nghị Quan
Cambodia
- Route 1 :Bavet - Phnom Penh
- Route 5 : Phnom Penh - Poipet
Thailand
Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong
Route 1: Hin Kong - Bang Pa In
Route 32: - Bang Pa In - Chai Nat- Route 1: Chai Nat - Tak
Route 105: Tak - Mae Sot
Myanmar
Route 8 Myawaddy - Payagyi
Route 1 Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay - Tamu- Route 1 Branch from Payagyi to Yangon
India
NH 1, New Delhi - Attari- NH 2, Kolkata - Barhi - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
- NH 34, Barasat - Kolkata
- NH 35, Petrapole - Barasat
- NH 36, Dimapur - Nagaon
- NH 37, Nagaon - Numaligarh - Jorabat
- NH 37, Branch from Jorabat to Guwahati
- NH 39, Moreh - Imphal - Kohima - Dimapur
- NH 40, Jorabat - Shillong - Dawki
Bangladesh
- N2 Tamabil - Sylhet - Katchpur - Dhaka
- N4 Dhaka–Tangail
- N405 Tangail–Kamarkhanda
- N704 Kamarkhanda–Jessore
- N706 Jessore - Benapole
Pakistan
- Wagah — Lahore
N-5 National Highway - Lahore - Gujranwala - Jhelum - Rawalpindi - Peshawar - Torkham
Afghanistan
Iran
Road 36 : Islam Qala - Taybad
Road 97 : Tabyad- Sang Bast
Road 44: Sang Bast - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran
Freeway 2: Tehran - Qazvin - Tabriz
Road 32: Tabriz - Bazargan,
Turkey
- E80 D.100 Gürbulak (Iran border) - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye - Sivas
- E88 D.100 Sivas - Ankara
- E89 O-4 Ankara - Gerede - İstanbul
- E80 O-2 İstanbul - Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
- E80 O-3 İstanbul - Edirne
- E80 D.100 Edirne - Kapıkule
- E80 (Bulgaria border) 41°43′5″N 26°21′7.7″E / 41.71806°N 26.352139°E
Connection to E80
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.
References
- ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 54
- ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 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.
- ^ 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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