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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.

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Japan

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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.

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South Korea

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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.

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North Korea

China

Guangzhou - Shenzhen branch

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Hong Kong

Vietnam

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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.

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Cambodia

Thailand

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

Myanmar

India (East)

Bangladesh

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N2 in Bangladesh

India (West)

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Asean India car rally crossing AH1 at Numaligarh

Pakistan

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Khyber Pass
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Motorway M-2, Lahore-Islamabad

Afghanistan

Iran

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

Turkey

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Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Connection to E80

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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.

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