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
Bell AH-1 Cobra . For the dual engine helicopter gunship, see
Bell AH-1 SuperCobra . For other uses, see
AH-1 .
Asian Highway 1 Route information Length 20,557 km (12,774 mi) Major junctionsEast end Tokyo , Japan35°41′03″N 139°46′29″E / 35.68417°N 139.77472°E /35.68417; 139.77472 West end Kapıkule , Turkey41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E / 41.71694°N 26.35278°E /41.71694; 26.35278 LocationCountries Japan ,South Korea ,North Korea ,China (includingHong Kong ),Vietnam ,Cambodia ,Thailand ,Myanmar ,India ,Bangladesh ,Pakistan ,Afghanistan ,Iran ,Turkey Highway system
Asian Highway 1 (AH1 ) is the longest east–west route of theAsian Highway Network , running 20,557 km (12,774 mi) fromTokyo , Japan via theKorean Peninsula (South Korea andNorth Korea ),China (Mainland China andHong Kong ),Mainland Southeast Asia (Vietnam ,Cambodia ,Thailand , andMyanmar ), theSouth Asia (India ,Bangladesh , andPakistan ), and theIranian Plateau (Afghanistan andIran ) to theinternational border betweenTurkey andBulgaria west ofIstanbul where it joinsEuropean route E80 , running all the way toLisbon , Portugal.
AH1 atNihonbashi , Tokyo, the "zero milepost" for measuring highway distances to Tokyo. The 1,200-kilometre[ 1] section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.[ 2] It runs along the followingtolled expressways :[ 3]
Shuto Expressway C1 Inner Circular Route , Edobashi JCT to Tanimachi JCT via Takebashi JCTShuto Expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line , Tanimachi JCT to Yoga Exit (Tokyo Interchange)Tōmei Expressway ,[ 4] Tokyo Interchange toKomaki Meishin Expressway , Komaki toSuita viaKyoto Chūgoku Expressway , Suita toKobe San'yō Expressway , Kobe toYamaguchi viaHiroshima Chūgoku Expressway , Yamaguchi toShimonoseki Kanmon Bridge , Shimonoseki toKitakyushu Kyushu Expressway , Kitakyushu toFukuoka Fukuoka Expressway Route 4Fukuoka Expressway Route 1Camellia Line ferry toBusan , South Korea.From Fukuoka, theJapan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.
Signage along theGyeongbu Expressway with AH 1 route marker The section in South Korea mainly follows theGyeongbu Expressway . The Highway Boundary of South and North Korea.
Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch [ edit ] Long Thanh Bridge In future,
(Diễn Châu - Cam Lộ, Quảng Ngãi - Nha Trang, Cam Lâm - Vĩnh Hảo) (Long Trường - Tân Vạn, Bình Chuẩn - Củ Chi) (HCMC - Mộc Bài)will become part of AH1 instead of the current National Highway 1 and National Highway 22.
AH1,AH2 andThailand Route 32 inAyutthaya Thai Myanmar Friendship Bridge N2 in Bangladesh Asean India car rally crossing AH1 atNumaligarh Khyber Pass MotorwayM-2 ,Lahore -Islamabad Abhar exit onQazvin-Zanjan freeway in IranQazvin Zanjan Freeway inKhorramdarreh County -Zanjan in IranYavuz Sultan Selim Bridge E80 across southern Europe The route AH1 links toE80 in Turkey. The E80 continues in theE-road network from theborder station atGürbulak inTurkey toIstanbul followed by E80 highways toKapitan Andreevo/Kapıkule ,Sofia ,Niš ,Pristina ,Dubrovnik ,Pescara ,Rome ,Genoa ,Nice ,Toulouse ,Burgos ,Valladolid ,Salamanca and finallyLisbon on the Atlantic Ocean.
^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at theWayback Machine , 2003, page 54 ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at theWayback Machine , 2003, page 3 ^ アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所 (in Japanese).MLIT . RetrievedDecember 5, 2011 .^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at theWayback 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, theChūō Expressway . ^ "RHD Road Network Bangladesh" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 2017-10-13. Retrieved2009-01-26 .Wikimedia Commons has media related to
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