AH1
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AH1 is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 12,845 miles (20,557km) from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia and India to the border between Iran ,Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul.
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[edit] 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:
- Route 3 (Shibuya Line) of the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo
- Tomei Expressway, Tokyo to Nagoya[3]
- Meishin Expressway, Nagoya to Osaka via Kyoto
- Chūgoku Expressway, Osaka to Shimonoseki
- Kanmonkyo Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
- Kyūshū Expressway, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
- Routes 4 and 1 of the Fukuoka Expressway in Fukuoka
From Fukuoka, AH1 takes the Camellia Line ferry to Pusan, South Korea. The Japan-Korea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.
[edit] South Korea
The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway.
- Gyeongbu Expressway(highway route 1) from Busan to Hannam Bridge of Seoul and
- National road route 1 (as known as Tongilro, reunification road) from Seongsan Bridge of Seoul to Panmunjeom of Paju, Gyeonggi-do
[edit] North Korea
P'anmunjǒm - Gaeseong - P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju
[edit] China
Dandong - Shenyang - Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou - Nanning - Youyiguan
[edit] Vietnam
Huu Nghi - Dong Dang - Hanoi - Vinh - Dong Ha - Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An - Nha Trang - Bien Hoa - Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai
- Branch from Bien Hoa to Vung Tau
[edit] Cambodia
Bavet - Phnom Penh - Poipet
[edit] Thailand
Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong - Bang Pa-in - Nakhon Sawan - Tak - Mae Sot
- Branch from Bang Pa-in to Bangkok
[edit] Burma
Myawaddy - Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay - Tamu
- Branch from Payagyi to Yangon
[edit] India
- NH 39, Moreh - Imphal - Kohima - Dimapur
- NH 36, Dimapur - Nagaon
- NH 37, Nagaon - Numaligarh - Jorabat
- NH 40, Jorabat - Shillong - Dawki
- NH 37, Branch from Jorabat to Guwahati
[edit] Bangladesh
Tamabil - Sylhet - Katchpur - Dhaka - Jessore - Benapol
[edit] India
- NH 35, Bongaon - Barasat
- NH 34, Barasat - Kolkata
- NH 2, Kolkata - Barhi - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
- NH 1, New Delhi - Attari
[edit] Pakistan
[edit] Afghanistan
Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Dilaram - Herat - Islam Qala
[edit] Iran
Dogharun - Mashhad - Sabzevar - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran - Qazvin - Tabriz - Eyvoghli - Bazargan
[edit] Turkey
Gürbulak (Iran border) - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara - Gerede - İstanbul - Edirne - Kapıkule (Bulgaria border)
[edit] 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
- ^ 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.
