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| The '''Asian Highway''' (AH) or '''Eurasian Land Bridge''' ] is a cooperative project among countries in ] and the ] ] to improve the ] systems in Asia. It is one of the three pillars of Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project, endorsed by the ESCAP commission at its forty-eighth session in 1992, comprising Asian Highway, Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) and facilitation of land transport projects. The AH project was initiated by the ] in ] with the aim of promoting the development of intenational ] transport in the region. During the first phase of the project (1960-1970) considerable progress was achieved, however, progress slowed down when financial assistance was suspended in 1975. | |||
| The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network (IGA) was adopted on 18 November 2003 by the Intergovernmental Meeting and the IGA includes Annex I, which identifies 55 AH routes among 32 member countries in total approximately 140,000 km and Annex II "Classification and Design Standards". A signing ceremony of the IGA will be held during 60th session of ESCAP Commission at Shanghai, China, in April 2004. | |||
| ESCAP has conducted several projects in cooperation with AH member countries step by step after the endorsement of ALTID in 1992. | |||
| In April ] a ], the ''Asian Highway Agreement'', to build a network that would link Europe and Asia with 140,000 km of ]way.was signed by 23 countries at a meeting of the UNESCAP in ] | |||
| The route is proposed to extend from ] to ] and pass through both ]s, ] and other countries in South East, Central and South ] | |||
| Reports say the main route is expected to start in Tokyo and terminate in Istanbul - passing though North and South Korea, China and countries in South-East, Central and South Asia. | |||
| The corridor is expected to improve trade links between east Asian countries, ] and ]. | |||
| To complete the route, existing roads will be upgraded and new roads constructed to link the network. A budget and timeline for construction is to be announced in ]. | |||
| AH network (km): | |||
| *] 4,247; | |||
| *] 958; | |||
| *] 1,442; | |||
| *] 1,804; | |||
| *] 1; | |||
| *] 1,339; | |||
| *] 25,579; | |||
| *] 1,320; | |||
| *] 1,154; | |||
| *] 11,432; | |||
| *] 3,989; | |||
| *] 11,152; | |||
| *] 1,200; | |||
| *] 13,189; | |||
| *] 1,695; | |||
| *] 2,297; | |||
| *] 1,595; | |||
| *] 4,286; | |||
| *] 3,003; | |||
| *] 1,321; | |||
| *] 5,377; | |||
| *] 3,517; | |||
| *] 907; | |||
| *] 16,869; | |||
| *] 19; | |||
| *] 650; | |||
| *] 1,925; | |||
| *] 5,112; | |||
| *] 5,254; | |||
| *] 2,204; | |||
| *] 2,966; | |||
| *] 2,678. | |||
| Total 140,479 km | |||
| ==External link== | |||
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| * BBC News report (April 26, 2004) | |||
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