AH1

Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 20,557 km
(12,774 mi) from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan 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.
 Asian Highway 1

Route information

Length 20,557 km (12,774 mi)

Major junctions

East end Tokyo, Japan 35°41′03″N 139°46′29″E (https://geo

hack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=AH1
&params=35_41_03_N_139_46_29_E_)

West end Istanbul, Turkey 41°43′01″N 26°21′10″E (https://ge

ohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=AH
1&params=41_43_01_N_26_21_10_E_)

Location

Countries Tokyo, Japan via South Korea, North Korea, China,

Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Iran to the border between
Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it joins
end-on with European route E80

Highway system

Asian Highway Network

← AH87 AH2 →

Japan
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]

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)

Tōmei Expressway,[4] Tokyo Interchange to Komaki

Meishin Expressway, Komaki to Suita via Kyoto

Chūgoku Expressway, Suita to Kobe

San'yō Expressway, Kobe to Hatsukaichi via Hiroshima

Hiroshima Expressway (urban expressway), Hatsukaichi to Hatsukaichi Route 1

National Route 2 Hatsukaichi to Iwakuni

San'yō Expressway, Iwakuni to Yamaguchi

Chūgoku Expressway, Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki

Kanmon Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu

 Kyushu Expressway, 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

Gyeongbu Expressway Built in Asian Highways 1 Sign

The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway. The Highway Boundary of
South and North Korea.

Busan City Route 71: Busan-Centre - Busan-Dong-gu

Busan City Route 11: Busan-Dong-gu - Busan-Geumjeong-gu

Gyeongbu Expressway: Busan-Geumjeong-gu - Gyeongju - Daegu - Daejeon - Seoul-

Seocho-gu

Seoul City Route 41: Seoul-Seocho-gu - Seoul-Gangnam-gu - Seoul-Yongsan-gu

Namsan 1st tunnel: Seoul-Yongsan-gu - Seoul-Jung-gu

Seoul City Route 21: Seoul-Jung-gu - Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu

 National Route 1: Seoul-Eunpyeong-gu - Panmunjeom

North Korea

P'anmunjŏm - Kaesŏng

Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway: Kaesŏng - P'yŏngyang

Pyongyang-Sinuiju Motorway (Under Construction): P'yŏngyang - Sinŭiju

China

Within Dandong: New Yalu River Bridge - Binjiang Middle Road ( G228) - Chunsan Road -
People's Square roundabout - Jinshan Street - Huayuan Road ( G301)

G1113: Dandong - Shenyang (Xiashengou JCT)

Within Shenyang: G1501: Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT

G1: Shenyang (Beiliguan JCT) - Beijing (Shiyuan JCT)

Within Beijing: G4501: Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT

G4: Beijing (Fangshan Liyuan JCT) - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan -

Changsha - Guangzhou (Taihe JCT)

Within Guangzhou: G1508: Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT

G80: Guangzhou - Nanning

G7211: Nanning - Youyiguan

Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch

G1508: Taihe JCT - Huocun JCT

G4: Guangzhou (Huocun JCT) - Dongguan - Shenzhen

Hong Kong

Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch

Route 10, Shenzhen Bay Port - Shenzhen Bay Bridge - Lam Tei

Route 9, Lam Tei - Yuen Long Highway - San Tin Highway - Huanggang Port
 Vietnam

Hai Van Tunnel North Entrance

: Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng - Hanoi - Vinh - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội
An - Quy Nhơn - Nha Trang - Phan Thiết - Biên Hòa - Ho Chi Minh

: Ho Chi Minh - Mộc Bài

Cambodia

Route 1: Bavet - Phnom Penh

Route 5: Phnom Penh - Poipet

Thailand

AH1, AH2 and Thailand Route 32 in Ayutthaya

Thai Myanmar Friendship Bridge

Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong

Route 1: Hin Kong - Bang Pa In

Route 32: - Bang Pa In - Chai Nat (Concurrent with AH2)

Route 1: Chai Nat - Tak (Concurrent with AH2)

Route 12: Tak - Mae Sot

Myanmar

National Highway 8: Myawaddy - Payagyi

Branch Yangon–Mandalay Expressway : Payagyi - Yangon

Yangon–Mandalay Expressway: Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay

National Highway 7: (Concurrent with AH2): Mandalay - Tamu

India (East)

NH 102: Moreh - Imphal

NH 2: Imphal - Viswema - Kohima

NH 29: Kohima - Chümoukedima - Dimapur - Doboka

NH 27: Doboka - Nagaon - Jorabat

 NH 6: Jorabat - Shillong

NH 206: Shillong - Dawki

Bangladesh

N2 in Bangladesh

N2: Tamabil, Sylhet - Sylhet - Kanchpur - Dhaka

N8: Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway

N804: Bhanga, Faridpur - Alipur, Faridpur

N803: Alipur, Faridpur - Goalchamot, Faridpur

N7: Faridpur - Jessore

N706: Jessore - Benapole[5]

India (West)
Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at Numaligarh

NH 112: Petrapole - Barasat

NH 12: Barasat - Kolkata Airport

Belghoria Expressway: Kolkata Airport - Dankuni

NH 19: Dankuni - Durgapur -Asansol - Dhanbad -Barhi - Mohania - Varanasi - Allahabad -

Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi

NH 44: New Delhi - Sonipat - Ambala - Jalandhar

NH 3: Jalandhar - Amritsar - Attari

Pakistan

Khyber Pass
Motorway M2, Lahore-Islamabad

Grand Trunk Road, Wagah — Lahore

Lahore — Islamabad

Islamabad — Peshawar

Peshawar — Torkham

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Ring Highway: Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Delaram - Herat - Islam Qala

Iran

 : Islam Qala - Taybad

 : Taybad- Sang Bast

 : Sang Bast - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran

 : Tehran - Qazvin - Tabriz

 : Tabriz - Bazargan

Turkey

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

 D.100 Road D100: Gürbulak - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye

D.200 Road D200: Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara

O-4 Otoyol 4: Ankara - Gerede - İstanbul

O-7 Otoyol 7: İstanbul

O-3 Otoyol 3: İstanbul - Edirne - - Kapıkule (  Bulgaria, Maritsa motorway)

Connection to E80

E80 across southern Europe and Turkey

The route AH1 is also marked as E80 in Turkey. The E80 continues in the E-road network
from the border station at Kapitan Andreevo/Kapıkule to Sofia in Bulgaria, followed by E80
highways to Niš, Pristina, Dubrovnik, Pescara, Rome, Genoa, Nice, Toulouse, Burgos, Valladolid,
Salamanca and finally Lisbon on the Atlantic Ocean.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AH1.

1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook (http://www.u
nescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.
org/web/20120414184019/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20versi
on.pdf) 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 54

2. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook (http://www.u
nescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.
 org/web/20120414184019/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20versi
on.pdf) 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 (http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/sign/asian_highway/map.htm) (in

Japanese). MLIT. Retrieved December 5, 2011.

4. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,2003 Asian Highway Handbook (http://www.u
nescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.
org/web/20120414184019/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20versi
on.pdf) 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" (https://web.archive.org/web/20171013155115/http://www.rhd.gov.bd/RHDMaps/Maps/

Country_Bangladesh.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (http://www.rhd.gov.bd/RHDMaps/Maps/Co
untry_Bangladesh.pdf) (PDF) on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2009-01-26.

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