AH8
{{Short description|Road in Asia}}
{{infobox road
| country = ASIA
| type = AH
| route = 8
| length_km = 4907
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=line|stroke-width=3| id= Q2813842|title=Asian Highway 8}}
| map_notes = Map of AH8 in red
| map_custom = yes
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = Torfyanovka, Russia
| destinations =
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Iran
| junction =
| length_notes =
| countries = {{flag|Russia}}
{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
{{flag|Iran}}
| previous_type = AH
| previous_route = 7
| next_type = AH
| next_route = 9
}}
Asian Highway 8 (AH8) is a road in the Asian Highway Network running 4907 km (3050 miles) from Torfyanovka, Russia to Bandar-e Shahpour, Iran. The route is as follows:
Russia
- {{jct|country=RUS|A|181|E|18}}: ({{flag|Finland}} {{jct|country=FIN|E|18}}) - Torfyanovka - Vyborg - Saint Petersburg
- {{jct|country=RUS|M|10|E|105}} (or {{jct|country=RUS|M|11}}): Saint Petersburg - Moscow
- {{jct|country=RUS|M|4|E|119}}: Moscow - Kashira
- {{jct|country=RUS|R|22|E|119}}: Kashira - Tambov-Borisoglesk({{Jct|country=RUS|E|38}}) - Volgograd (Start of Concurrency {{Jct|country=RUS|E|40}}) - Astrakhan(End Of Concurrency {{Jct|country=RUS|E|40}})
- {{jct|country=RUS|R|215|E|119}}: Astrakhan ({{Jct|country=RUS|E|40}}) - Kochubey - Kizlyar - Babayurt
- {{jct|country=RUS|R|217|E|119}}: Babayurt - Khasavyurt - Mahachkala ({{Jct|country=RUS|E|50}}) - Yarag-Kazmalyar (border with Azerbaijan)
A little different route from E119 is, that E119 has bypassed Babayurt, but AH8 continue runs through it.
Azerbaijan
- {{jct|country=AZE|M|1}}: (border with Russia) Samur - Sumgayit - Baku
- File:5.1 Russian road sign.svg {{ill|Baku Ring Highway|az|Bakı dairəvi avtomobil yolu}}: Baku
- {{jct|country=AZE|M|2}}: Baku (Start of Concurrency with {{Jct|country=AZE|E|60}}) - Ələt ({{Jct|country=AZE|E|002}}, End of Concurrency with {{Jct|country=AZE|E|60}})
- {{jct|country=AZE|M|3}}: Ələt ({{Jct|country=AZE|E|60}} {{Jct|country=AZE|E|002}}) - Biləsuvar - Astara (End of Concurrency with European Routes)
Iran
- 18px Road 49: Astara - Rasht
- 40px Freeway 1: Rasht - Qazvin
- 40px Freeway 2: Qazvin - Tehran
- 40px Freeway 5: Tehran - Saveh - Salafchegan
- 18px Road 56: Salafchegan - Arak - Borujerd
- 18px Road 37: Borujerd - Khorramabad
- 40px Freeway 5: Khorramabad - Andimeshk
- 18px Road 37: Andimeshk - Ahvaz
- 40px Freeway 5: Ahvaz - Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
- (When sections under construction are completed: 40px Freeway 5: Tehran - Saveh - Salafchegan - Arak - Borujerd - Khorramabad - Andimeshk - Ahvaz - Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni)
References
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External links
- [https://cdn.yjc.ir/files/fa/news/1392/1/7/952341_966.pdf Iran road map] on Young Journalists Club
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