Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the

Asian Highway Network The Asian Highway Network (AH), also known as the Great Asian Highway, is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to improve their connectivity via hig ...

, running from Tokyo, Japan via Korea,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, 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 Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Portugal.

Japan

The 1200-kilometre section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003. It runs along the following tolled

expressways Expressway may refer to: *Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. *Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional slide ...

: *

Shuto Expressway C1 Inner Circular Route, Edobashi JCT to Tanimachi JCT via Takebashi JCT * Shuto Urban Expwy Sign 0003

Shuto Expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line, Tanimachi JCT to Yoga Exit (Tokyo Interchange) * , Tokyo Interchange to Komaki * , Komaki to Suita via Kyoto * , Suita to

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

* , Kobe to Hatsukaichi via

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

Hiroshima Expressway (urban expressway) The is a network of urban expressways serving the greater Hiroshima area in Japan. It is owned and managed by Hiroshima Expressway Public Corporation is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population o ...

, Hatsukaichi to Hatsukaichi Route 1 * Hatsukaichi to

Iwakuni is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan ruled ...

* , Iwakuni to Yamaguchi * , Yamaguchi to Shimonoseki *, Shimonoseki to

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

* , Kitakyushu to Fukuoka * Japanese Urban Expwy Sign 0004

Fukuoka Expressway The owns and maintains the Fukuoka and Kitakyūshū expressways in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is headquartered in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The company was established on November 1, 1971 to manage the urban expressways built ...

Route 4 *

Route 1

Camellia Line Camellia Line Co., Ltd. is a shipping company that operates a freight passenger ship connecting Hakata Port in Japan and Busan in South Korea. It was founded in a joint venture between Japan NYK (Kinkai Yusen) in Japan and Koryo Shipping in Kor ...

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

to Busan, South Korea. From Fukuoka, the

Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel The Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel, or Korea–Japan Undersea Tunnel, is a proposed tunnel project to connect Japan with South Korea via an undersea tunnel crossing the Korea Strait that would use the strait islands of Iki and Tsushima, a str ...

has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.

South Korea

The section in South Korea mainly follows the

Gyeongbu Expressway The Gyeongbu Expressway ( ko, 경부고속도로; ''Gyeongbu Gosokdoro'') ( Asian Highway Network ) is the second oldest and most heavily travelled expressway in South Korea, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, Gyeongju, Ulsan and ...

. The Highway Boundary of South and North Korea. * Korea Urbanexpwy 71

: Busan- Centre - Busan- Dong-gu * Korea Urbanexpwy 11

Busan City Route 11: Busan- Dong-gu - Busan- Geumjeong-gu * Korea Expressway No

: Busan- Geumjeong-gu -

Gyeongju Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, ...

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

- Daejeon - Seoul- Seocho-gu * Korea Urbanexpwy 41

Seoul City Route 41: Seoul- Seocho-gu - Seoul- Gangnam-gu - Seoul- Yongsan-gu * South Korea road sign 138

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

Jung-gu Jung District (), meaning "Central District," is the name of a ''gu'' (district) in several South Korean cities: *Jung District, Busan *Jung District, Daegu *Jung District, Daejeon *Jung District, Incheon *Jung District, Seoul *Jung District, Ulsan ...

Seoul City Route 21: Seoul-

- Seoul- Eunpyeong-gu * Korea National Route No

National Route 1: Seoul- Eunpyeong-gu - Panmunjeom

North Korea

* P'anmunjŏm - Kaesŏng * North Korean Road sign (Motorway or Expressway Ahead A)

Pyongyang-Kaesong Motorway: Kaesŏng -

P'yŏngyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population ...

Pyongyang-Sinuiju Motorway ''(Under Construction)'':

Sinŭiju Sinŭiju (''Sinŭiju-si'', ; known before 1925 in English as Yeng Byen City) is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North P'yŏngan province. Part of ...

China

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

Dandong Dandong (), formerly known as Andong, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning province, in the northeastern region of People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese border city, facing Sinuiju, North Korea across the ...

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

(Xiashengou JCT) * Within Shenyang: : Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT * :

(Beiliguan JCT) - Jinzhou - Beijing (Shiyuan JCT) * Within Beijing: : Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT * : Beijing (Fangshan Liyuan JCT) -

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

- Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou (Taihe JCT) * Within Guangzhou: : Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT * : Guangzhou -

Nanning Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of ...

* :

Youyiguan Friendship Pass (), also commonly known by its older name Ải Nam Quan (), is a pass near the China-Vietnam border, between China's Guangxi and Vietnam's Lạng Sơn Province. The pass itself lies just inside the Chinese side of the border ...

Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch

* : Taihe JCT - Huocun JCT * : Guangzhou (Huocun JCT) - Dongguan - Shenzhen

Hong Kong SAR, China

Guangzhou - Hong Kong branch

* , Shenzhen Bay Port - Shenzhen Bay Bridge - Lam Tei * , Lam Tei - Yuen Long Highway - San Tin Highway - Huanggang Port

Vietnam

* : Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng - Hanoi - Vinh - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội An -

Quy Nhơn Quy Nhon ( vi, Quy Nhơn ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon is the capital of Bình Định province. As of 2019 its population was 457,400. His ...

- Nha Trang - Phan Thiết - Biên Hòa - Ho Chi Minh * : Ho Chi Minh -

Mộc Bài 300px, Mộc Bài border gate Mộc Bài is an international border gate between Vietnam and Cambodia located in Tây Ninh Province, Vietnam. Its counterpart across the border is the Bavet border gate, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia. As it is loc ...

In future, (Hữu Nghị Quan - Hóc Môn) and will become to AH1 instead National Highway 1 and National Highway 22 in today.

Cambodia

Route 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbered ...

: Bavet -

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

Route 5 Route 5, or Highway 5, may refer to routes in the following countries: International * AH5, Asian Highway 5 * European route E05 * European route E005 Argentina * National Route 5 (Argentina), National Route 5 Australia New South Wales * ...

- Poipet

Thailand

Route 33: Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri -

Hin Kong Hin or HIN may refer to: People * Cornelis Hin (1869–1944), Dutch Olympic sailor * Frans Hin (1906–1968), Dutch Olympic sailor * Johan Hin (1899–1957), Dutch Olympic sailor Science and technology * Hin recombinase, a protein * Hin, an anc ...

Bang Pa In Bang Pa-in ( th, บางปะอิน, ) is one of the 16 districts ('' amphoe'') of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. History Bang Pa-in was established in the Ayutthaya era in the name ''Khwaeng'' Uthai. In the Rattanako ...

Route 32 The following highways are numbered 32: International * Asian Highway 32 * European route E32 Australia * Great Western Highway * Barrier Highway * East Derwent Highway * Mitchell Highway Canada * Alberta Highway 32 * Manitoba Highway 32 * No ...

: -

- Chai Nat (Concurrent with ) * Thai Highway-1

: Chai Nat -

Tak Tak or TAK may refer to: Places * Dağdöşü or Tak, Azerbaijan, a village * Taq, Iran or Tak, a village * Tak province, Thailand ** Tak, Thailand, capital of the province Entertainment *'' Total Annihilation: Kingdoms'' or ''TA:K'' * Tak, ...

(Concurrent with ) * Thai Highway-12

Route 12:

- Mae Sot

Myanmar

* National Highway 8: Myawaddy - Payagyi ** ''Branch''

Yangon–Mandalay Expressway The Yangon–Mandalay Expressway ( my, ရန်ကုန်–မန္တလေး အမြန်လမ်း) is a tolled expressway in Myanmar (Burma) that connects the country's largest city Yangon and second largest city Mandalay. Open ...

: Payagyi - Yangon *

: Payagyi - Meiktila -

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

National Highway 7 The following highways are numbered 7. For roads numbered A7, see list of A7 roads. Route 7, or Highway 7, may refer to: International * Asian Highway 7 * European route E07 * European route E007 Afghanistan * Kunduz-Khomri Highway (A7) Alb ...

: (Concurrent with ):

- Tamu

India (East)

* :

Moreh Givat HaMoreh (Hebrew: גבעת המוֹרֶה), in Arabic: Jebel ed-Duhy, is a hill in northern Israel on the northeast side of the Jezreel Valley. The highest peak reaches an altitude of , while the bottom of the Jezreel Valley is situated at ...

- Imphal * : Imphal - Viswema - Kohima * : Kohima - Chümoukedima - Dimapur - Doboka * : Doboka - Nagaon - Jorabat * : Jorabat - Shillong * : Shillong - Dawki

Bangladesh

* : Tamabil, Sylhet -

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

- Kanchpur - Dhaka * :

Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway ( bn, বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান এক্সপ্রেসওয়ে) or Dhaka–Bhanga Expressway is the first national expressway in Banglad ...

* : Bhanga, Faridpur - Alipur, Faridpur * : Alipur, Faridpur - Goalchamot, Faridpur * : Faridpur - Jashore * : Jashore -

Benapole Benapole ( bn, বেনাপোল) is a township in Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 (some sources say 1947), many people have travelled ...

India (West)

Asean India Car Rally While Reached Numaligarh

* : Petrapole -

Barasat Barasat () is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) ...

* :

Kolkata Airport Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and is the aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximatel ...

* :

Dankuni Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is now part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is considered posh area in Hooghly. Geography Location Da ...

- Durgapur - Asansol - Dhanbad -Barhi -

Mohania Mohania is a city and corresponding community development block in Kaimur district of Bihar, India. It serves as headquarters for the Mohania sub-division in Kaimur district. It is by road north of the city of Bhabua, at the intersection of Nat ...

- Varanasi -

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

- Agra - New Delhi * : New Delhi - Sonipat - Ambala - Jalandhar * : Jalandhar -

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

- Attari

Pakistan

* Grand Trunk Road, Wagah — Lahore * Pakistan M-2

Lahore — Islamabad * Pakistan M-1

Islamabad — Peshawar * Pakistan N-5

Peshawar — Torkham

Afghanistan

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

Iran

: Islam Qala -

Taybad Taybad ( fa, تايباد, also Romanized as Tāybād, Taīabad, and Tayebad; also known as Tāyebāt and Ţayyebāt) is a city and capital of Taybad County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 46,228, in 10 ...

- Sang Bast * Road44

: Sang Bast -

Nishapur Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is wr ...

- Sabzevar - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran * Freeway in Iran

: Tehran - Qazvin -

Zanjan Zanjan may refer to: * Zanjan Province, Iran * Zanjan County, an area within Zanjan Province * Zanjan, Iran, the capital of Zanjan County and Zanjan Province * University of Zanjan, in the city of Zanjan * Zanjan Airport, an airport serving Zanj ...

- Tabriz * Road32

: Tabriz - Bazargan

Turkey

* Road D100:

Gürbulak Gürbulak is a village in the Doğubeyazıt district of Turkey's Ağrı Province. It is a Iran–Turkey border, border crossing into Iran. The settlement has a population of 1,473 and marks the eastern limit of the state road and the European ro ...

- Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye * Road D200: Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara * Otoyol 4: Ankara - Gerede - İstanbul * Otoyol 7: İstanbul * Otoyol 3: İstanbul - Edirne - - Kapıkule (,

Maritsa motorway The Maritsa motorway (, ), designated A4, is a motorway in Bulgaria, part of the Pan-European Corridor IV, between the Trakia motorway (A1), at the town of Chirpan, and Kapitan Andreevo, at the Turkish border. The planned completion of the las ...

)

Connection to E80

The route AH1 is also marked as 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

on the Atlantic Ocean.

References

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