AH1 explained
| Country: | ASIA |
| Type: | AH |
| Route: | 1 |
| Map: | AH1 Route Map.svg |
| Length Km: | 20557 |
| Direction A: | East |
| Direction B: | West |
| Next Type: | AH |
| Next Route: | 2 |
| 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 20557km (12,774miles) 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
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)
- ,[4] Tokyo Interchange to Komaki
- , Komaki to Suita via Kyoto
- , Suita to Kobe
- , Kobe to Hatsukaichi via Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Expressway (urban expressway), Hatsukaichi to Hatsukaichi Route 1
- Hatsukaichi to Iwakuni
- , Iwakuni to Yamaguchi
- , Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
- , Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
- , Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
- Fukuoka Expressway Route 4
- Fukuoka Expressway Route 1
- Camellia Line ferry to Busan, South Korea.
From Fukuoka, 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. The Highway Boundary of South and North Korea.
North Korea
China
Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch
Hong Kong
Vietnam
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
Myanmar
India (East)
Dimapur- Silonijan - Rangajan - Numaligarh
Bangladesh
India (West)
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Turkey
Connection to E80
See main article: European route E80. The route AH1 links to 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.
Notes and 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
- Web site: http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/sign/asian_highway/map.htm. ja:アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所. MLIT. ja. 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.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2009-01-26 . 2017-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171013155115/http://www.rhd.gov.bd/RHDMaps/Maps/Country_Bangladesh.pdf . dead .
Bulgaria, Maritsa motorway)