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AH1 is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 20,557 km from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia and India to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul.

Contents

1 Japan
2 South Korea
3 North Korea
4 China
5 Vietnam
6 Cambodia
7 Thailand
8 Myanmar
9 India
10 Bangladesh
11 India
12 Pakistan
13 Afghanistan
14 Iran
15 Turkey
16 References

Japan

The 1200-kilometerEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [2003 Asian Highway Handbook], 2003, page 54 section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [2003 Asian Highway Handbook], 2003, page 3 It runs along the following tolled expressways:

Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo
Tomei Expressway, Tokyo to Nagoya past Mount FujiEconomic 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 Chuo Expressway.
Meishin Expressway, Nagoya to Osaka via Kyoto
Chugoku Expressway, Osaka to Shimonoseki
Kanmonkyo Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
Kyushu 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.

South Korea

The section in South Korea follows the Gyeongbu Expressway via the following cities:

It then follows the Tongilro ("Reunification Road") north to Panmunjeom.

North Korea

P'anmunjǒm - Kaesǒng - P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju

China

Dandong - Shenyang - Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou - Nanning - Youyiguan

Branch from Guangzhou to Shenzhen (adjacent to Hong Kong)

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

Cambodia

Bavet - Phnom Penh - Poipet

Thailand

Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong - Bang Pa-in - Nakhon Sawan - Tak - Mae Sot

Branch from Bang Pa-in to Bangkok

Myanmar

Myawadi - Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay - Tamu

Branch from Payagyi to Yangon

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

Bangladesh

Tamabil - Sylhet - Katchpur - Dhaka - Jessore - Benapol

India

NH 35, Bongaon - Barasat
NH 34, Barasat - Kolkata
NH 2, Kolkata - Barhi - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
NH 1, New Delhi - Attari

Pakistan

Wagah - Lahore - Rawalpindi - Hassanabdal - Peshawar

Branch from Rawalpindi to Islamabad

Afghanistan

Torkham - Kabul - Kandahar - Dilaram - Herat - Islam Qala

Iran

Dogharun - Mashhad - Sabzevar - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran - Qazvin - Tabriz - Eyvoghli - Bazargan

Turkey

Gurbulak - Dogubayazit - Askale - Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara - Gerede - Istanbul - Kapikule - Bulgaria border

References

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