AH5 explained

Country:ASIA
Type:AH
Route:5
Map:AH5 Route Map.svg
Photo Notes:AH5 in Kazakhstan
Direction A:East
Terminus A:Shanghai, China
Direction B:West
Terminus B:Istanbul, Turkey
Countries:China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey
Previous Type:AH
Previous Route:4
Next Type:AH
Next Route:6

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.

China

4,815 km[1]

Kazakhstan

Khorgos - Koktal - Shonzhy - Almaty - Kaskelen - Kenen

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

Merke - Taraz - Shymkent - Zhibek Zholy

Uzbekistan

677 km

Border of Kazakhstan - G‘ishtko‘prik - Tashkent - Chinoz - Sirdaryo

Sirdaryo - Oqoltin

Oqoltin - Sardoba

Sardoba - Jizzax - Samarkand

Samarkand - Navoi - Bukhara - Olot - Border of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

1227 km

See main article: M37 highway (Turkmenistan). Farap - Turkmenabat - Mary - Tejen - Ashgabat - Serdar - Turkmenbashi

Gap

Azerbaijan

515 km

Georgia

489 km

Turkey

960 km

Notes and References

  1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 32