AH5 is a east-west route of the Asian Highway Network, running 10,380km (16,705 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.

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China [link]

4,815 km[1]

Shanghai 159km Wuxi 115km Nanjing

  • G045

Nanjing Hefei Lu'an Huangchuan Xinyang Nanyang Xixia Lantian Baqiaoqu Xi'an Baoji Tianshui Dingxi Lanzhou

  • G312

Lanzhou Wuwei Zhangye Jiayuguan Anxi Hami Turfan

  • G045

Turfan Urmuqi Kuitun Jct. AH5/AH68

  • G312

Jct. AH5/AH68 Horgos (Border of Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan [link]

1033km

  • A-353 Khorgos (Border of China) - Koktal - Shonzhy
  • A-351 Shonzhy - Almaty
  • M-39 Almaty - Kaskelen - Torgap - Kordai (Border of Kyrgyzstan)
  • Kyrgyzstan segment (see below)
  • M-39 Border of Kyrgyzstan - Merke - Taraz - Symkent - Zhibek Zholy (Border of Uzbekistan)

Kyrgyzstan [link]

126km (within Kazakhstan itinerary)

  • Georgievka
  • Bishkek
  • Kara Balta
  • Chaldovar

Uzbekistan [link]

677km

  • Chernyavka
  • Tashkent
  • Syrdaria
  • Samarkand
  • Navoi
  • Bukhara
  • Alat

Turkmenistan [link]

1227km

  • Farap
  • Turkenabat
  • Mary
  • Tejen
  • Ashgabat
  • Serdar
  • Turkemenbashi
  • Caspian sea (ferry)

Azerbaijan [link]

515km

  • Baku
  • Alat
  • Gazi Mammed
  • Ganja
  • Kazakh
  • Red Bridge


Georgia [link]

489km

  • Tbilisi
  • Mtskheta
  • Khashuri
  • Senaki
  • Poti ( – Ferry to Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine)
  • Batumi ( – Ferry to Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine)
  • Sarpi

Turkey [link]

960km

  • Sarp
  • Trabzon
  • Samsun
  • Merzifon
  • Gerede
  • Istanbul
  • Kapikule
  • Border of Bulgaria



References [link]

  1. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 32
  2. ^ China freeway numbering system, Expressways of China#Numeric System and List by number

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