Asian Highway 8 (AH8) is a road in the Asian Highway Network running 4907 km (3050 miles) from Torfyanovka, Russia to Bandar-e Shahpour, Iran. The route is as follows:
Russia

A 181 / E18: (
Finland
E18) – Torfyanovka – Vyborg – Saint Petersburg
M 10 / E105 (or
M 11): Saint Petersburg – Moscow
M 4 / E119: Moscow – Kashira
R 22 / E119: Kashira – Tambov–Borisoglesk(
E38) – Volgograd (Start of Concurrency
E40) – Astrakhan(End Of Concurrency
E40)
R 215 / E119: Astrakhan (
E40) – Kochubey – Kizlyar – Babayurt
R 217 / E119: Babayurt – Khasavyurt – Mahachkala (
E50) – Yarag-Kazmalyar (border with Azerbaijan)
A little different route from E119 is, that E119 has bypassed Babayurt, but AH8 continue runs through it.
Azerbaijan
M 1: (border with Russia) Samur – Sumgayit – Baku
Baku Ring Highway: Baku
M 2: Baku (Start of Concurrency with
E60) – Ələt (
E002, End of Concurrency with
E60)
M 3: Ələt (
E60
E002) – Biləsuvar – Astara (End of Concurrency with European Routes)
Iran
Road 49: Astara – Rasht
Freeway 1: Rasht – Qazvin
Freeway 2: Qazvin – Tehran
Freeway 5: Tehran – Saveh – Salafchegan
Road 56: Salafchegan – Arak – Borujerd
Road 37: Borujerd – Khorramabad
Freeway 5: Khorramabad – Andimeshk
Road 37: Andimeshk – Ahvaz
Freeway 5: Ahvaz – Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni- (When sections under construction are completed:
Freeway 5: Tehran – Saveh – Salafchegan – Arak – Borujerd – Khorramabad – Andimeshk – Ahvaz – Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni)
References
External links
- Iran map (Road) on Worldometers
- Iran road map on Young Journalists Club[citation needed]