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AH5

East-west route of the Asian Highway Network

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Asian Highway 5 (AH5) is an east-west route of the Asian Highway Network, running 10,380 km (6,450 miles) from Shanghai, China via Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul where it connects to AH1 and E80.

01China

4,815 km

G42: Shanghai - Wuxi - Nanjing
G40: Nanjing - Hefei - Lu'an - Huangchuan - Xinyang - Nanyang - Xixia - Lantian Baqiao - Xi'an
G30: Xi'an - Baoji - Tianshui - Dingxi - Lanzhou - Wuwei - Zhangye - Jiayuguan - Guazhou - Kumul - Turfan - Turfan - Ürümqi - Kuytun - Khorgas

02Kazakhstan

Post 2024 road numbering scheme

KAZ06 : Khorgos - Shelek - Almaty - Kaskelen - Kenen - Korday
KZ08-06 : Korday - Border of Kyrgyzstan

2011-2024 road numbering scheme

A-2 : Khorgos - Koktal - Shonzhy - Almaty - Kaskelen - Kenen
A-2 (Branch): Kenen - Korday - Border of Kyrgyzstan

03Kyrgyzstan

ЭМ-01 ЭМ-01 Road: Border of Kazakhstan - Bishkek
ЭМ-02 ЭМ-02 Road: Bishkek Bypass
ЭМ-04 ЭМ-04 Road: Bishkek - Kara-Balta
ЭМ-03 ЭМ-03 Road: Kara-Balta - Chaldovar

04Kazakhstan

M 39:Chaldovar - Merke
A 2: Merke - Taraz - Shymkent - Zhibek Zholy

05Uzbekistan

677 km

M39 : Border of Kazakhstan - G‘ishtko‘prik - Tashkent - Chinoz - Sirdaryo
M34 : Sirdaryo - Oqoltin
A373 : Oqoltin - Sardoba
M39 : Sardoba - Jizzax - Samarkand
M37 : Samarkand - Navoi - Bukhara - Olot - Border of Turkmenistan

06Turkmenistan

1227 km

Farap - Turkmenabat - Mary - Tejen - Ashgabat - Serdar - Turkmenbashi

07Azerbaijan

515 km

M2 Highway: Baku - Alat - Gazi Mammed - Ganja - Qazax - Qirmizi Korpu

08Georgia

489 km

09Turkey

960 km

D.010: Sarp - Trabzon - Samsun
D.795: Samsun - Merzifon
D.100: Merzifon - Gerede
O-4: Gerede - Istanbul
O-2: Istanbul
O-3: Istanbul - Edirne - Kapikule ( Bulgaria, A 4 (Maritsa motorway))

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Korday wind farm in the south- east of Kazakhstan.jpg by МаратД, CC BY-SA 4.0
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