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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.
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Asian Highway 1
Route information
Length20,557 km (12,774 mi)
Major junctions
East endTokyo, Japan 35°41′03″N 139°46′29″E / 35.68417°N 139.77472°E / 35.68417; 139.77472
West endKapıkule, Turkey 41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E / 41.71694°N 26.35278°E / 41.71694; 26.35278
Location
CountriesJapan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey
Highway system
 → AH2

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

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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]


From Fukuoka, the Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.

South Korea

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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

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China

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Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch

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Hong Kong

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Vietnam

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Long Thanh Bridge

In future,

  • CT.01 (Diễn Châu - Cam Lộ, Quảng Ngãi - Nha Trang, Cam Lâm - Vĩnh Hảo)
  • CT.40 (Long Trường - Tân Vạn, Bình Chuẩn - Hóc Môn)
  • CT.31 (HCMC - Mộc Bài)

will become part of AH1 instead of the current National Highway 1 and National Highway 22.

Cambodia

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Thailand

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AH1, AH2 and Thailand Route 32 in Ayutthaya
Thai Myanmar Friendship Bridge

Myanmar

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India (East)

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Bangladesh

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N2 in Bangladesh

India (West)

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Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at Numaligarh

Pakistan

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Khyber Pass
Motorway M2, Lahore-Islamabad

Afghanistan

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Iran

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Turkey

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Abhar exit on Qazvin-Zanjan freeway in Iran
Qazvin Zanjan Freeway in Khorramdarreh County-Zanjan in Iran
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Connection to E80

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E80 across southern Europe
Main article: European route E80

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

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  1. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 54
  2. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 3
  3. ^ アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所 (in Japanese). MLIT. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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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