AH1 is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running 12,845 miles (20,557km) from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia and India to the border between Iran ,Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul.

Japan

The 750-mile (1200-kilometer) section in Japan was added to the system in November 2003. It runs along the following tolled expressways:

• Route 3 (Shibuya Line) of the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo
• Tomei Expressway, Tokyo to Nagoya
• Meishin Expressway, Nagoya to Osaka via Kyoto
• Chūgoku Expressway, Osaka to Shimonoseki
• Kanmonkyo Bridge, Shimonoseki to Kitakyushu
• Kyūshū Expressway, Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
• Routes 4 and 1 of the Fukuoka Expressway in Fukuoka

From Fukuoka, AH1 takes the Camellia Line ferry to Pusan, South Korea. The Japan-Korea Tunnel has been proposed to provide a fixed crossing.

South Korea

The section in South Korea mainly follows the Gyeongbu Expressway.

• Gyeongbu Expressway(highway route 1) from Busan to Hannam Bridge of Seoul and
• National road route 1 (as known as Tongilro, reunification road) from Seongsan Bridge of Seoul to Panmunjeom of Paju, Gyeonggi-do

North Korea

P'anmunjǒm - Gaeseong - P'yǒngyang - Sinǔiju

China

Dandong - Shenyang - Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Zhengzhou - Xinyang - Wuhan - Changsha - Xiangtan - Guangzhou - Nanning - Youyiguan

• Branch from Guangzhou to Shenzhen (adjacent to Hong Kong)

Vietnam

Huu Nghi - Dong Dang - Hanoi - Vinh - Dong Ha - Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An - Nha Trang - Bien Hoa - Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai

• Branch from Bien Hoa to Vung Tau

Cambodia

Bavet - Phnom Penh - Poipet

Thailand

Aranyaprathet - Kabin Buri - Hin Kong - Bang Pa-in - Nakhon Sawan - Tak - Mae Sot

• Branch from Bang Pa-in to Bangkok

Myanmar

Myawaddy - Payagyi - Meiktila - Mandalay - Tamu

• Branch from Payagyi to Yangon

India

• NH 39, Moreh - Imphal - Kohima - Dimapur
• NH 36, Dimapur - Nagaon
• NH 37, Nagaon - Numaligarh - Jorabat
• NH 40, Jorabat - Shillong - Dawki
• NH 37, Branch from Jorabat to Guwahati

Bangladesh

Tamabil - Sylhet - Katchpur - Dhaka - Jessore - Benapol

India

• NH 35, Bongaon - Barasat
• NH 34, Barasat - Kolkata
• NH 2, Kolkata - Barhi - Kanpur - Agra - New Delhi
• NH 1, New Delhi - Attari

Pakistan

• Wagah - Lahore
• N5: Lahore - Jhelum - Rawalpindi - Peshawar - Torkham

Afghanistan

Jalalabad - Kabul - Kandahar - Dilaram - Herat - Islam Qala

Iran

Road22:Dogharun - Mashhad Road44:Mashhad - Sabzevar - Damghan - Semnan - Tehran Freeway2:Tehran - Qazvin - Tabriz - Eyvoghli - Bazargan

Turkey

Gürbulak (Iran border) - Doğubayazıt - Aşkale - Refahiye - Sivas - Ankara - Gerede - İstanbul - Edirne - Kapıkule (Bulgaria border)

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