AH1

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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

[edit] Japan

The 1200-kilometer^[1] section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.^[2] It runs along the following tolled expressways:

• Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo
• Tomei Expressway, Tokyo to Nagoya past Mount Fuji^[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 follows the Gyeongbu Expressway via the following cities:

• Busan
• Gyeongju
• Daegu
• Daejeon
• Seoul

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

[edit] North Korea

P'anmunjǒm - Kaesǒng - P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju

[edit] China

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

• Branch from Guangzhou to Shenzhen (adjacent to Hong Kong)

[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] Myanmar

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

Wagah - Lahore - Rawalpindi - Hassanabdal - Peshawar

• Branch from Rawalpindi to Islamabad

[edit] Afghanistan

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

[edit] Iran

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

[edit] Turkey

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

[edit] References

1. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 54
2. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 3
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.