Asian Highway

Japanese: アジア･ハイウェー（英語表記）Asian Highway

An international road network in Asia with a planned total length of 42 routes and 90,000 km. Of these, 5 routes (40,000 km) are international trunk routes, and 37 routes (50,000 km) are regional trunk routes, passing through 25 countries. Since 1959, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE, later ESCAP) has played a central role in promoting the network with financial assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The network will connect 18 countries in total: 3 Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, 4 South Asian countries such as India, 8 Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, and the newly joined countries of China, Mongolia and Myanmar.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

計画延長42路線9万kmのアジアの国際道路網。うち5路線4万kmが国際幹線，37路線5万kmが地域幹線で通過国は25ヵ国である。1959年以来アジア極東経済委員会(ECAFE。のちのESCAP（エスキヤツプ）)が中心となり，国連開発計画(UNDP)の資金援助を得てその推進を図った。イラン等の中東3ヵ国，インド等の南アジア4ヵ国，インドネシア等の東南アジア8ヵ国と，新たに参加した中国，モンゴル，ミャンマーの計18ヵ国を結ぶ。

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