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'''Asian Highway 1''' ('''AH1''') is the longest east-west route of the [[Asian Highway Network]], running {{convert|20,557|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] via the [[Korea|Korean Peninsula]] ([[South Korea]] and [[North Korea]]), [[Mainland China|China]], [[Hong Kong]] ([[Special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China|SAR]] of China), [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] ([[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Myanmar]]), the [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]] ([[India]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Pakistan]]), and the [[Iranian Plateau]] ([[Afghanistan]] and [[Iran]]) to the [[Kapıkule|international 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''' ('''AH1''') is the longest east-west route of the [[Asian Highway Network]], running {{convert|20,557|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] via the [[Korea|Korean Peninsula]] ([[South Korea]] and [[North Korea]]), [[China]] ([[Mainland China]] and [[Hong Kong]]), [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] ([[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], and [[Myanmar]]), the [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]] ([[India]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Pakistan]]), and the [[Iranian Plateau]] ([[Afghanistan]] and [[Iran]]) to the [[Kapıkule|international 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==
==Japan==
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* {{jct|country=CHN|province=GD|S|3}}: [[Guangzhou]] - [[Shenzhen]] ([[Shenzhen Bay Port]])
* {{jct|country=CHN|province=GD|S|3}}: [[Guangzhou]] - [[Shenzhen]] ([[Shenzhen Bay Port]])


== Hong Kong (SAR of China) ==
=== Hong Kong ===
* {{jct|country=HKG|route|10}}: Shenzhen Bay Control Point - [[Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor|Shenzhen Bay Bridge]] - [[Lam Tei]]
* {{jct|country=HKG|route|10}}: Shenzhen Bay Port - [[Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor|Shenzhen Bay Bridge]] - [[Lam Tei]]
* {{jct|country=HKG|route|9}}: [[Lam Tei]] - [[Yuen Long Highway]] - [[San Tin Highway]] - [[Lok Ma Chau Control Point]]
* {{jct|country=HKG|route|9}}: [[Lam Tei]] - [[Yuen Long Highway]] - [[San Tin Highway]] - [[Lok Ma Chau Control Point]]



Revision as of 15:01, 19 June 2025

Asian Highway 1 shield
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 (including Hong Kong), 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 the Korean Peninsula (South Korea and North Korea), China (Mainland China and Hong Kong), Mainland Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar), the Indian Subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan), and the Iranian Plateau (Afghanistan and Iran) to the international 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

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

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

China

Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch

Hong Kong

Vietnam

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 - Củ Chi)
  • CT.31 (HCMC - Mộc Bài)

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

Cambodia

Thailand

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

Myanmar

India (East)

Bangladesh

N2 in Bangladesh

India (West)

Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at Numaligarh

Pakistan

Khyber Pass
Motorway M-2, Lahore-Islamabad

Afghanistan

Iran

Abhar exit on Qazvin-Zanjan freeway in Iran
Qazvin Zanjan Freeway in Khorramdarreh County-Zanjan in Iran

Turkey

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Connection to E80

E80 across southern Europe

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

  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)