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.
4,815 km[1]
Shanghai 159km Wuxi 115km Nanjing
Nanjing Hefei Lu'an Huangchuan Xinyang Nanyang Xixia Lantian Baqiaoqu Xi'an Baoji Tianshui Dingxi Lanzhou
Lanzhou Wuwei Zhangye Jiayuguan Anxi Hami Turfan
Turfan Urmuqi Kuitun Jct. AH5/AH68
Jct. AH5/AH68 Horgos (Border of Kazakhstan)
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)
126km (within Kazakhstan itinerary)
- Georgievka
- Bishkek
- Kara Balta
- Chaldovar
677km
- Chernyavka
- Tashkent
- Syrdaria
- Samarkand
- Navoi
- Bukhara
- Alat
1227km
- Farap
- Turkenabat
- Mary
- Tejen
- Ashgabat
- Serdar
- Turkemenbashi
- Caspian sea (ferry)
515km
- Baku
- Alat
- Gazi Mammed
- Ganja
- Kazakh
- Red Bridge
489km
- Tbilisi
- Mtskheta
- Khashuri
- Senaki
- Poti ( – Ferry to Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine)
- Batumi ( – Ferry to Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine)
- Sarpi
960km
- Sarp
- Trabzon
- Samsun
- Merzifon
- Gerede
- Istanbul
- Kapikule
- Border of Bulgaria