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AH1

{{Short description|Longest route of the Asian Highway Network}}

{{About|a route of the Asian Highway Network|the single engine helicopter gunship|Bell AH-1 Cobra|the dual engine helicopter gunship|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra|other uses|AH-1 (disambiguation){{!}}AH-1}}

{{More citations needed|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox road

| country = ASIA

| type = AH

| route = 1

| map = AH1 Route Map.svg

| length_km = 20557

| direction_a = East

| direction_b = West

| terminus_a = Tokyo, Japan {{Coord|35|41|03|N|139|46|29|E|}}

| terminus_b = Kapıkule, Turkey {{Coord|41|43|01|N|26|21|10|E|}}

| junction =

| next_type = AH

| next_route = 2

| countries = Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey

}}

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 Korean Peninsula (South Korea and North Korea), Mainland China, 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

File:The starting point of Asian highway Route 1, Chuo-city, Tokyo, Japan.jpg, Tokyo, the "zero milepost" for measuring highway distances to Tokyo.]]

The 1200-kilometreEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf 2003 Asian Highway Handbook] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414184019/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf |date=2012-04-14 }}, 2003, page 54 section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003.Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf 2003 Asian Highway Handbook] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414184019/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf |date=2012-04-14 }}, 2003, page 3 It runs along the following tolled expressways:{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/sign/sign/asian_highway/map.htm|script-title=ja:アジアハイウェイ標識の設置場所|publisher=MLIT|language=ja|access-date=December 5, 2011}}

  • 30px Shuto Expressway C1 Inner Circular Route, Edobashi JCT to Tanimachi JCT via Takebashi JCT
  • 30px Shuto Expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line, Tanimachi JCT to Yoga Exit (Tokyo Interchange)
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E1|dab1=T}},Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,[http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf 2003 Asian Highway Handbook] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414184019/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf |date=2012-04-14 }}, 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. Tokyo Interchange to Komaki
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E1|dab1=M}}, Komaki to Suita via Kyoto
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E2A|dab1=C}}, Suita to Kobe
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E2}}, Kobe to Yamaguchi via Hiroshima
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E2A|dab1=C}}, Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E2A|dab1=K}}, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
  • {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E3}}, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
  • 30px Fukuoka Expressway Route 4
  • 30px Fukuoka Expressway Route 1

From Fukuoka, the Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.

South Korea

File:Asian Highways 1 South Korea.jpg 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

  • Within Dandong: New Yalu River Bridge - Guomen Avenue - {{jct|country=CHN|S|326}} (Dandong Xinqu IC) - {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|11}} Zhangjiabao JCT - {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|1113}} Dandong JCT
  • {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|1113}}: Dandong - Shenyang
  • Within Shenyang: {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|1501}}: Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT
  • {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|1}}: Shenyang - Jinzhou - Beijing
  • Within Beijing: {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|4501}}: Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT
  • {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|4}}: Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou
  • Within Guangzhou: {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|1508}}: Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT
  • {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|80}}: Guangzhou - Nanning
  • {{jct|country=CHN|Expwy|7211}}: Nanning - Youyiguan

= Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch =

= Hong Kong =

Vietnam

File:Cầu Long Thành, Đường cao tốc TP.HCM - Long Thành - Dầu Giây.JPG

In future,

  • {{Vietnam road banner|CT|1}} (Diễn Châu - Cam Lộ, Quảng Ngãi - Nha Trang, Cam Lâm - Vĩnh Hảo)
  • {{Vietnam road banner|CT|40}} (Long Trường - Tân Vạn, Bình Chuẩn - Hóc Môn)
  • {{Vietnam road banner|CT|31}} (HCMC - Mộc Bài)

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

Cambodia

Thailand

File:Thailand AH1 AH2 Route 32 Ayutthaya.JPG and Thailand Route 32 in Ayutthaya]]

File:Thai myanmar friendship bridge.jpg

Myanmar

India (East)

Bangladesh

File:Road to jaflong.jpg

India (West)

File:Asean India Car Rally While Reached Numaligarh.jpg ]]

Pakistan

File:KhyberPassPakistan.jpg]]

File:Cruising on M2.jpg, Lahore-Islamabad]]

Afghanistan

Iran

File:Abhar exit on Qazvin-Zanjan freeway.jpg exit on Qazvin-Zanjan freeway in Iran]]

File:Qazvin Zanjan Freeway.jpg in Khorramdarreh County-Zanjan in Iran]]

Turkey

File:Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (30881432865).jpg]]

Connection to E80

File:European route E80.png

{{main|European route E80}}

The route AH1 links to {{jct|country=EUR|E|80 }} 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

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Category:Asian Highway Network

Category:Transport in Iran

Category:Transport in North Korea

Category:Roads in China

Category:Transport in Cambodia

Category:Transport in Myanmar

Category:Transport in Japan

Category:Roads in Afghanistan

Category:Roads in Myanmar

Category:Roads in Iran

Category:Roads in Japan

Category:Roads in Turkey

Category:Roads in North Korea

Category:Roads in South Korea

Category:Roads in Vietnam

Category:Roads in Cambodia

Category:Highways in Thailand

Category:Roads in India

Category:Roads in Pakistan

Category:Roads in Bangladesh

Category:Transport in Vietnam

Category:Highways in Bangladesh