Asia/Asian Highway Network
The Asian Highway Network is a numbering system for roads in Asia developed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The network is numbered from AH1 up and its roads cross national borders.
This page tries to track status of each of these routes.
Tags for the relation
Each way making up any single Asian Highway route is added to a relation and that relation is given at least these tags:
Notes:
These tags are added to the relation and not the ways. Any given way may have and likely has a national reference, tagged as a ref=* on corresponding ways; international reference is tagged as a int_ref=*. In countries where the AH-number is the only one which is signed and the national number is almost unknown by the general public, use nat_ref=* for the national number and ref=* and int_ref=* for the AH-number on the ways.
Routes
AH1 - AH9: substantially crossing more than one subregion
Name | Relation | Country | Complete | Places on route |
---|---|---|---|---|
AH1 | 3839665![]() |
Japan | 100 % | Tokyo – Fukuoka –ferry–
(separate subrelation: 3574625 |
South Korea | 100 % | –ferry– Pusan – Kyongju – Taegu – Taejon – Seoul – Munsan –
(subrelation for Korea: 3836355 | ||
North Korea | 100 % | – Gaesung – Pyongyang – Sinuiju –
(subrelation for Korea: 3836355 | ||
China | 100 % | – Dandong – Shenyang – Beijing – Shijiazhuang – Zhengzhou – Xinyang – Wuhan – Changsha – Xiangtan – Guangzhou (– Shenzhen) – Nanning – Youyiguan –
(separate subrelations: 4460039 | ||
Vietnam | 25 % | – Huu Nghi – Dong Dang – Ha Noi – Vinh – Dong Ha – Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An – Nha Trang – Bien Hoa (– Vung Tau) – Ho Chi Minh City –
(separate subrelation: 152361 | ||
Cambodia | 100 % | – Moc Bai – Bavet – Phnom Penh – Poipet –
(separate subrelation: 5146572 | ||
Thailand | 100 % | – Aranyaprathet – Kabin Buri – Hin Kong – Bang Pa-in (– Bangkok) – Nakhon Sawan – Tak – Mae Sot –
(separate subrelation: 5146594 | ||
Myanmar | 100 % | – Myawadi – Payagyi (– Yangon) – Meiktila – Mandalay – Tamu –
(separate subrelations: 5946293 | ||
Bangladesh | 100 % | – Tamabil – Sylhet – Katchpur – Dhaka – Faridpur – Jessore – Benapol – Bongaon – Kolkata – Barhi – Kanpur – Agra – New Delhi – Attari – Wahgah –
(separate subrelation: 5947206 | ||
India | 100 % | – Moreh – Imphal – Kohima – Dimapur – Nagaon – Jorabat (– Guwahati) – Shillong – Dawki –
(separate subrelation: 5943736 | ||
Pakistan | 100 % | – Lahore – Rawalpindi (– Islamabad) – Hassanabdal – Peshawar –
(separate subrelations: 14307572 | ||
Afghanistan | 100 % | – Torkham – Kabul – Kandahar – Dilaram – Herat –
(separate subrelations: 14306847 | ||
Iran | 100 % | – Islam Qala – Dogharun – Mashhad – Sabzevar – Damghan – Semnan – Tehran – Qazvin – Tabriz – Eyvoghli – Bazargan –
(separate subrelations: 5323067 | ||
Turkey | 100 % | – Gurbulak – Dogubayazit – Askale – Refahiye – Sivas – Ankara – Gerede – Istanbul – Kapikule – border of Bulgaria
(separate subrelation: 6923596 | ||
AH2 | 228097![]() |
Indonesia | Denpasar – Surabaya – Surakarta – Semarang – Cikampek (– Bandung) – Jakarta (– Merak) –ferry– | |
Singapore | – Ferry from Jakarta – HarbourFront – Telok Blangah – Pasir Panjang – West Coast Park – Clementi – – Clementi – Chantek – Anak Bukit – Bukit Panjang – Woodlands – Johor–Singapore Causeway – (disputed section) | |||
Malaysia | 100 % | – Malaysia–Singapore Second Link – Tanjung Kupang – Senai North – (disputed section) – Senai North – Ayer Keroh – Seremban – Nilai North – Putrajaya – Shah Alam – Bukit Lanjan – Ipoh – Butterworth – Alor Setar – Bukit Kayu Hitam – (separate subrelation: 6715340 | ||
Thailand | 95 % | – Chang Lon – Sa Dao – Khlong Na – Kho Hong (Hat Yai) – Khu-Ha – Phatthalung – Thungsong – Waing Sa – Chai-Ya – Lah-Mae – Chumphon – Tha Sae – Bang Saphan Noi – Prachuapkhirikhan – Pranburi – Cha-Am – Phetchaburi – Pak Tho – Nakhon Pathom – Chim Pli (Bangkok West) – Bangkok – Bang Pa-in (Bangkok North) – Nakhon Sawan – Tak – Thoen – Lampang – Phayao – Chiang Rai – Mae Sai – | ||
Myanmar | – Tachilek – Kyaing Tong – Meiktila – Mandalay – Tamu – | |||
India | – Moreh – Imphal – Kohima – Dimapur – Nagaon – Jorabat (– Guwahati) – Shillong – Dawki – | |||
Bangladesh | – Tamabil – Sylhet – Katchpur – Dhaka – Hatikamrul – Banglabandha – | |||
India | – Siliguri – | |||
Nepal | – Kakarbhitta – Pathlaiya – Narayanghat – Kohalpur – Mahendranagar – Bramhadev Mandi – | |||
India | – Banbasa – Rampur – New Delhi – Attari – Wahgah –
(separate subrelation: 5943737 | |||
Pakistan | – Lahore – Multan – Rohri – Quetta – Taftan – | |||
Iran | 100 % | – Mirjaveh – Zahedan – Kerman – Anar – Yazd – Salafchegan (– Tehran) – Saveh – Hamadan – Khosravi
(separate subrelation: 5326075 | ||
AH3 | 2832322![]() |
Russia | 100 % | Ulan-Ude – Kyahta –
(separate subrelation: 6924480 |
Mongolia | 100 % | – Altanbulag – Darkhan – Ulaanbaatar – Nalayh – Choir – Saynshand – Zamin-Uud –
(separate subrelation: 6924479 | ||
China | 95 % | – Erenhot – Beijing – Tanggu
Shanghai – Hangzhou – Nanchang – Xiangtan – Guiyang – Kunming – Jinghong (– Daluo – Mongla – Kyaing Tong) – Mohan – (separate subrelation: 5869571 | ||
Laos | – Boten – Nateuy – Houayxay – | |||
Thailand | 0 % | – Chiang Khong – Chiang Rai – | ||
Myanmar | – Daluo – Mongla – Kyaing Tong | |||
AH4 | 192267![]() |
Russia | 100 % | Novosibirsk – Barnaul – Tashanta – |
Mongolia | 100 % | – Ulaanbaishint – Hovd – Yarantai – | ||
China | 100 % | – Urumqi – Kashi – Honqiraf | ||
Pakistan | 20 % | – Khunjerab – Hassanabdal – Rawalpindi (– Islamabad) – Lahore – Multan – Rohri – Hyderabad – Karachi | ||
AH5 | 176922![]() |
Shanghai – Nanjing – Xinyang – Xi’an – Lanzhou – Tulfan - Urumqi – Kuitun – Jinghe – Horgos – Almaty – Kaskelen – Kordai – Georgievka – Bishkek – Kara Balta – Chaldovar – Merke – Shymkent – Zhibek Zholy – Chernyavka – Tashkent – Syrdaria – Samarkand – Navoi – Bukhara – Alat – Farap – Turkmenabat – Mary – Tejen – Ashgabat – Serdar – Turkemenbashi –ferry– | ||
Azerbaijan | 100 % | –ferry– Baku – Alat – Gazi Mammed – Ganja – Kazakh – | ||
Georgia | 100 % | Red Bridge – Tbilisi – Mtskheta – Khashuri – Senaki – Poti (–ferry to Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine) – Batumi (–ferry to Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine) – Sarpi – | ||
Turkey | 100 % | Sarp – Trabzon – Samsun – Merzifon – Gerede –Istanbul – Kapikule – border of Bulgaria (separate subrelation 17039295![]() | ||
AH6 | 2802238![]() |
South Korea | Pusan – Kyongju – Kangnung – Kansong – | |
North Korea | – Kosong – Wonsan (– Pyongyang) – Chongjin – Sonbong – Khasan – | |||
Russia | 100 % | – Hasan – Razdolnoe (– Vladivostok – Nahodka) – Ussuriysk – Pogranichny – | ||
China | – Suifenhe – Harbin – Qiqihar – Manzhouli – | |||
Russia | 100 % | – Zabaykalsk – Chita – Ulan-Ude – Irkutsk – Krasnoyarsk – Novosibirsk – Omsk – Isilkul – | ||
Kazakhstan | –Karakuga – | |||
Russia | 100 % | – Petropavlovsk – Chistoe – Petuhovo – Chelyabinsk – Ufa – Samara – Moscow – Krasnoe – border of Belarus | ||
AH7 | 2832326![]() |
Russia | 90 % | Yekaterinburg – Chelyabinsk – Troisk – |
– Kaerak – Kostanai – Astana – Karaganda – Burubaital – Merke – Chaldovar – Kara Balta – Osh – Andijon – Tashkent – Syrdaria – Khavast – Khujand – Dushanbe – Nizhniy Panj – Shirkhan – Polekhumri – Djbulsarcj – Kabul – Kandahar – Speenboldak – Chaman – Quetta – Kalat – Karachi | ||||
AH8 | 3745454![]() |
Russia | 85 % | Border of Finland – Torpynovka – Vyborg – Saint-Petersburg – Moscow – Tambov – Borysoglebsk – Volgograd – Astrakhan – Hasavjurt – Mahachkala – Kazmalyarskiy – |
Azerbaijan | – Samur – Sumgayit – Baku – Alat – Bilasuvar – (finished SPB-Moscow and in Azerbaijan) | |||
Iran | 100 % | – Astara – Rasht – Qazvin – Tehran – Saveh – Ahvaz – Bandar Emam (separate subrelation: 5341570![]() |
AH10 - AH29: Southeast Asia
Name | Relation | Country | Complete | Places on route | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AH11 | superroute relation 15658788![]() |
Laos: from Dongkalor (Border of Cambodia) to Vientiane 15656042![]() Laos: from Vientiane to Dongkalor (Border of Cambodia) 15662130 |
100 % | Vientiane – Ban Lao – Thakhek – Seno – Pakse – Veunkham | |
Cambodia: Sihanoukville - Phnom Penh - Kratie - Stung Treng - Tranpeangkreal (Laotian border) 4757596![]() Cambodia: (Laotian border) Tranpeangkreal – Stung Treng – Kratie – Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville 15662367 |
100 % | Tranpeangkreal – Stung Treng – Kratie – Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville | |||
AH12 | superroute relation 15658977![]() |
Laos: Northbound, from Vientiane to Nateuy 15658976![]() Laos: Southbound, From Na Teuy (connection to AH3) to Thailand border 15662942 |
100 % | Nateuy – Oudomxai – Pakmong – Louang Phrabang – Vientiane – Thanaleng - | |
Thailand, Southbound: from Nong Khai to Hin Kong 229600![]() Thailand, Northbound: from Hin Kong to Nong Khai 15666700 |
100 % | - Nong Khai – Udon Thani – Khon Kaen – Nakhon Ratchasima – Hin Kong | |||
AH13 | superroute relation 15659360![]() |
Vietnam:from Laos border to Vietnam 15659359![]() Vietnam:from Hanoi to Laos border 15675929 |
100 % | Ha Noi – Tuan Giao – Km116/Tay Trang Border Gate - Dien Bien Province | |
Laos: from Vietnamese border to Thai border 919784![]() Laos: from Thai border to Vietnamese border 15676118 |
100 % | Oudomxai – Muang Ngeun | |||
Thailand: from Huai Kon (Laotian border) to Nakhon Sawan 15659411![]() Thailand: from Nakhon Sawan to Huai Kon (Laotian border) 15676482 |
100 % | Huai Kon – Uttaradit – Phitsanulok – Nakhon Sawan | |||
AH14 | superroute relation 15409242![]() |
Myanmar:from Muse (border with China) to Mandalay 15690016![]() Myanmar:from Mandalay to Muse (border with China) 5946294 |
100 % | Muse (border to China) – Lashio – Mandalay | |
China: from 5873170![]() China: from 0 |
100 % | Hekou – Kunming – Ruili | The route, in some parts, is different from the UN ESCAP officiale geodatabase | ||
Vietnam: from 15690066![]() Vietnam: from 0 |
100 % | Hai Phong – Ha Noi – Viet Tri – Lao Cai | The route, in some parts, is different from the UN ESCAP officiale geodatabase | ||
AH15 | superroute relation 15659838![]() |
Vietnam:from Cau Treo to Vinh 15659837![]() Vietnam: from Vinh to Cau Treo 15681667 |
100 % | TX Cửa Lò – Thị xã Hồng Lĩnh (Hồng Lĩnh) - Km85,3/VN/Lao_BG/CK Cầu Treo/Hà Tĩnh | |
Laos: from Keoneau to Thakhek 15659836![]() Laos: from Thakhek to Keoneau 15681576 |
100 % | Keoneau (Border of Viet Nam) – CLak Sao – Ban Lao – Thakhek – Border of Thailand (Thakhek) | |||
Thailand: from Vinh to Udon Thani 919706![]() Thailand: from Udon Thani to Vinh 15677525 |
100 % | Nakhon Phanom - Phang Khon - Udon Thani | |||
AH16 | superroute relation 15683328![]() |
Vietnam: from Lao Bao to Dong Ha 15444685![]() Vietnam: from Dong Ha to Lao Bao 15667249 |
100 % | Dong Ha – Cam Lộ - Xã Đakrông - Lao Bao | |
Laos: from Densavanh to Savannakhet 15657431![]() Laos: from Savannakhet to Densavanh 15683272 |
100 % | - Densavanh (Border of Viet Nam) – Muang Phin – Seno – Savannakhet (Border of Thailand) | |||
Thailand: from Mukdahan to Tak 919690![]() Thailand: from Tak to Mukdahan 15683127 |
100 % | - Mukdahan – Khon Kaen – Phitsanulok – Tak | |||
AH18 | Superroute relation 15661859![]() |
Thailand: from Su-Ngai Kolok to Hat Yai 15660982![]() Thailand: from Hat Yai to Su-Ngai Kolok 15660983 |
100 % | Hat Yai – Cha Na – The Pa – Nong Chik – Pattani – Saiburi – Narathiwat – Tak Bai – Sungai Kolok | |
Malaysia: from Rantau Panjang (Border of Thailand) to Johor Bahru 15661822![]() Malaysia: from Johor Bahru to Rantau Panjang (Border of Thailand) 15661821 |
100 % | – Rantau Panjang – Kota Bahru – Kuantan – Johor Bahru – Johor Bahru Causeway | |||
AH19 | superroute relation 15685210![]() |
Thailand: from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima (with a detour to Laem Chabang) 919713![]() Thailand: from Nakhon Ratchasima to Bangkok (with a detour to Laem Chabang) 15685204 |
100 % | Nakhon Ratchasima – Kabin Buri – Laem Chabang – Chonburi – Bangkok | |
AH21 | superroute relation 15685727![]() |
Vietnam: From Le Thanh/O Yadav (Viet Nam-Cambodia border) to Quy Nhon 15685648![]() Vietnam: From Quy Nhon to Le Thanh/O Yadav (Viet Nam-Cambodia border) 15685647 |
100 % | Quy Nhon port – Pleiku – Cambodia border | |
Cambodia: From Banlung to Serei Sophoan 15655350![]() Cambodia: From Serei Sophoan to Banlung 15685649 |
100 % | – Vietnam border – Banlung – O Paonmoan – Thalabariwat – Cheb – Tbaeng Meanchey – Damdek – Boeng Mealea – Kralanh – Sophoan – connection to the AH1 | A21, in the Cambodian part, was amended in 2021 (see https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/d8files/event-documents/ESCAP-AHWG-2021-4-E-Reissued.pdf) | ||
AH25 | 0![]() |
0 % | Banda Aceh – Medan – Tebingtinggi – Dumai – Pekanbaru – Jambi – Palembang – Tanjung | ||
AH26 | 1460625![]() |
20 % | Laoag – Manila – Legazpi – Matnog –ferry– Allen – Tacloban (– Ormoc –ferry– Cebu) – Liloan –ferry– Surigao – Davao (– Cagayan de Oro) – General Santos – Zamboanga |
Southeast Asian sub-routes
Name | Relation | Country | Complete | Places on route |
---|---|---|---|---|
AH123 | 919746![]() |
Thailand | 75 % | Bo Namphu Ron ( Chaidaen Thai Tap Phama ) - Kanchanaburi - Nakhon Pathom - Bangkok - Samut Prakan - Chon Buri - Laem Chabang - Map Ta Phut - Rayong - O Klaeng - Chon Buri - Trat - O Hat Lek Ruam Rayathang (บ.น้ำพุร้อน (ชายแดนไทย/พม่า) - กาญจนบุรี - นครปฐม - กรุงเทพ - สมุทรปราการ - ชลบุรี - แหลมฉบัง - มาบตาพุด - ระยอง - อ.แกลง - ชลบุรี - ตราด - อ.หาดเล็ก รวมระยะทาง) |
AH131 | Vietnam | Vung Ang Port/Ha Tinh–NH1/AH1/Long Tien/Ha Tinh, NH1/AH1/Ky Anh/Ha Tinh–NH12/Dong Le/Quang Binh–Xom Sung/Quang Binh–Hoa Tien/Quang Binh–NH12/Khe Lam/Quang Binh– Cha Lo border checkpoint/Quang Binh | ||
AH132 | Vietnam | Dung Quat port/Quang Ngai–NH1/Ah1/Doc Soi/Quang Ngai; NH24/Thach Tru/Quang Ngai– NH14/Ah17/Kon Tum, NH40/Ngoc Hoi/Kon Tum–Bo Y border checkpoint | ||
AH150 | superroute relation 15708160![]() From Telok Melano to Lahad Datu 5288245 From Lahad Datu to Telok Melano 15693172 |
Malaysia | 100 % | Sematan – Lundu – Tondong – Batu Kawa – Kuching – Serian – Sri Aman – Betong – Saratok – Sarikei – Bintangor – Sibu – Selangau – Tatau – Bintulu – Simpang Niah – Miri – former Lutong-Kuala Baram ferry – Sungai Tujuh – |
Brunei | 100 % | – Sungai Tujoh – Kuala Belait – Seria – Tutong – Jerudong – Mulaut – Wasan – Batang Perhentian – Kuala Lurah – | ||
Malaysia | 100 % | – Tedungan – Limbang – Pandaruan – former Pandaruan-Ujong Jalan ferry – | ||
Brunei | 100 % | – Ujong Jalan – Puni – Bangar – Labu – | ||
Malaysia | 100 % | – Mengkalap – Trusan – Lawas – Merapok – Sindumin – Sipitang – Beaufort – Benoni – Putatan – Kota Kinabalu – Menggatal – Berungis – Tamparuli – Nabulu – Kundasang – Ranau – Telupid – Kota Kinabatangan – Lahad Datu |
AH30 - AH39: East and North-East Asia
Name | Relation | Complete | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
AH30 | 3256993![]() |
100 % | Ussuriysk – Khabarovsk – Belogorsk – Chita |
AH31 | 3972380![]() |
95 % | Belogorsk – Blagoveshchensk – Heihe – Harbin – Changchun – Shenyang – Dalian |
AH32 | 0![]() |
0 % | Sonbong – Wonjong – Quanhe – Hunchun – Changchun – Arshan – Numrug – Sumber – Choybalsan – Ondorhaan – Nalayh – Ulaanbaatar – Uliastay – Hovd |
AH33 | 0![]() |
0 % | Harbin – Tongjiang |
AH34 | 0![]() |
0 % | Lianyungang – Zhengzhou – Xi’an |
AH40 - AH59: South Asia
Name | Relation | Complete | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
AH41 | 0![]() |
0 % | border of Myanmar – Teknaf – Cox’s Bazar – Chittagong – Katchpur – Dhaka – Hatikamrul – Jessore – Mongla |
AH42 | 0![]() |
0 % | Lanzhou – Xining – Golmud – Lhasa – Zhangmu – Kodari – Kathmandu – Narayanghat – Pathlaiya – Birgunj – Raxaul – Piprakothi – Muzaffarpur – Barauni – Barhi |
AH43 | 17407315![]() |
100 % | Agra – Gwalior – Nagpur – Hyderabad – Bangalore – Krishnagiri – Madurai – Dhanushkodi –ferry– Tallaimannar – Anuradhapura – Dambulla – Kurunegala (– Kandy) – Colombo – Galle – Matara |
AH44 | 0![]() |
0 % | Dambulla – Trinconmalee |
AH45 | 5943740![]() |
100 % | Kolkata – Kharagpur – Balasore – Bhubaneswar – Visakhapatnam – Vijayawada – Chennai – Krishnagiri |
AH46 | 17407512![]() |
100 % | Kharagpur – Nagpur – Dhule |
AH47 | 5943743![]() |
100 % | Gwalior – Dhule – Thane (– Mumbai) – Bangalore |
AH48 | 0![]() |
0 % | Phuentsholing – border of India |
AH51 | 0![]() |
0 % | Peshawar – Dera Ismail Khan – Quetta |
AH60 - AH89: North, Central and South-West Asia
References
- Wikipedia: Asian Highway Network
- UN: Asian Highway Network agreement
- ESCAP: "Introduction to the Asian Highway"
- ESCAP: "Asian Highway Handbook"
- ESCAP: Asian Highway Database (link was not working, at 2023-03 found a new link)
- Thailand Department of Highways ASEAN Network of Thailand
- ERIA Research Project Report FY2020 - Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Trilateral Highway and Possible Extension to Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam: Perspectives from Viet Nam