# AH1

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 North Korea, South Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, 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.

## Japan

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

The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway. The Highway Boundary of South and North Korea.
* Busan City Route 71 [ko]: 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 - Guomen Avenue - S326 (Dandong Xinqu IC) - G11 Zhangjiabao JCT - G1113 Dandong JCT
* G1113: Dandong - Shenyang
* Within Shenyang: G1501: Xiashengou JCT - Jinbaotai JCT - Beiliguan JCT
* G1: Shenyang - Jinzhou - Beijing
* Within Beijing: G4501: Shiyuan JCT - Maju JCT - Shuangyuan JCT - Fangshan Liyuan JCT
* G4: Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou
* Within Guangzhou: G1508: Taihe JCT - Longshan JCT - Leping JCT - Hengjiang JCT
* G80: Guangzhou - Nanning
* G7211: Nanning - Youyiguan

### Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch

* G1508: Taihe JCT - Guantian JCT
* Guangdong S3: Guangzhou - Shenzhen (Shenzhen Bay Port)

### Hong Kong

* Route 10: Shenzhen Bay Port - Shenzhen Bay Bridge - Lam Tei
* Route 9: Lam Tei - Yuen Long Highway - San Tin Highway - Lok Ma Chau Control Point

## Vietnam

* : Hữu Nghị Quan - Đồng Đăng
* : Bắc Giang - Bắc Ninh - Hanoi
* : Hanoi
* : Hanoi - Thanh Hoá - Diễn Châu
* : Vinh - Hà Tĩnh - Đồng Hới - Đông Hà
* : Đông Hà - Huế - Đà Nẵng - Hội An - Quảng Ngãi
* : Quy Nhơn - Tuy Hòa - Nha Trang
* : Nha Trang - Cam Ranh
* : Cam Ranh - Tuy Phong
* : Tuy Phong - Phan Thiết - Dầu Giây
* : Dầu Giây - Long Thành - Phú Hữu
** Connection to HCMC Ring Road 2 (Phú Hữu to High-Tech Park) (temporary)
* : Ho Chi Minh
* : Dĩ An - Thuận An
** Connection to (Thuận An to Thủ Đức) (temporary)
* : Ho Chi Minh
* : Ho Chi Minh - Mộc Bài
In future,
* (Diễn Châu - Cam Lộ, Quảng Ngãi - Nha Trang, Cam Lâm - Vĩnh Hảo)
* (Long Trường - Tân Vạn, Bình Chuẩn - Hóc Môn)
* (HCMC - Mộc Bài)
will become part of AH1 instead of the current National Highway 1 and National Highway 22.

## Cambodia

* Route 1: Bavet - Phnom Penh
* Route 5: Phnom Penh - Poipet

## Thailand

* 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 129: Dimapur- Silonijan - Rangajan - Numaligarh
* NH 27: Doboka - Nagaon - Jorabat
* NH 6: Jorabat - Shillong
* NH 206: Shillong - Dawki

## Bangladesh

* N2: Tamabil, Sylhet - Sylhet - Kanchpur - Dhaka
* N8: Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway
* N804: Bhanga, Faridpur - Alipur, Faridpur
* N803: Alipur, Faridpur - Goalchamot, Faridpur
* N7: Faridpur - Jashore
* N706: Jashore - Benapole

## India (West)

* NH 112: Petrapole - Barasat
* NH 12: Barasat - Kolkata Airport
* NH 19: Dankuni - Durgapur -Asansol - Dhanbad -Barhi - Mohania - Varanasi - Allahabad - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
* NH 44/ Grand Trunk Road: New Delhi - Sonipat - Ambala - Jalandhar
* NH 3/ Grand Trunk Road: Jalandhar - Amritsar - Attari

## Pakistan

* 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 - Nishapur - Sabzevar - Shahrood - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran
* Freeway2, the continuation of AH1 in Iran : Tehran - Qazvin - Zanjan - TabrizQazvin Zanjan Freeway is a part of Asian Highway 1 in IranQazvin-Rasht freeway intersection bridge on Zanjan-Qazvin freeway in Iran
* : Tabriz - Bazargan

## Turkey

* E80 / D.100 Road D100: Gürbulak - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye
* E88 / D.200 Road D200: Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara
* E90 / E89 / O-20: Ankara
* E89 / E80 / O-4 Otoyol 4: Ankara - Gerede - Istanbul
* E80 / O-7 Otoyol 7: Istanbul
* E80 / O-3 Otoyol 3: Istanbul - Edirne - - Kapıkule ( Bulgaria, Maritsa motorway)

## Connection to E80

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.