[T] Highways & Expressways in Thailand

[ChrisZwolle]

Check previous page for the first half of the pics!

...continue Motorway No.7



another u-turn bridge


The interchange with Highway No.9
What is Highway No.9? It's the Outer Ring Road or Kanchanapisek road.
This one is also being expanded to 8-lane.

[ChrisZwolle]

...continue Motorway No.7


Fancy footbridge


Thailand is anti-muslim?.... no way


one more u-turn bridge


Srinakarin Interchange




another beautiful mosque near Srinakarin

[ChrisZwolle]

All of the Highways I posted earlier are under DOH (Department of Highway)

Now we're entering the Expressway under ETA (Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand). They use blue-colour signage.


Si Rat Expressway (2nd-stage Expressway, sector D)
http://www.eta.co.th/eng/projects.php?type=15&no=3

It's 6-lane elevated, 38.4 km in total excluding some extensions being contructed.





Airport Rail Link on the left side


Toll station. looks better than the DOH's ones.

[ChrisZwolle]

...continue, Si Rat Expressway

Bangkok skyline taken from the highest point of this expressway.







You can see the 4-lane flyover in between 2 3-lane elevated expressways.





Interchange with Chalong Rat Expressway

[ChrisZwolle]

Chalong Rat Expressway (or Ramindra-At Narong Expressway)
http://www.eta.co.th/eng/projects.php?type=15&no=4

It's 6-lane elevated, 18.7 km in total excluding 9.5-km elevated extension to Outer Ring Road being contructed now.
http://www.ramindraobrrexp.com/page04.htm


Toll station....again...




Exit to Lad Phrao road

[ChrisZwolle]

That's it folks! Enjoy it

[lambersart2005]

Incredible! I really didn't know Thailand is so modern also outside Bangkok. In many other countries, traffic os like zero if you leave the capital or the big cities... Cool photos and country :-)

[dida888]

at night time









ring road industrial

[Draminoss]

wow, graet pics, very wide motorways!

[ChrisZwolle]

Central Bangkok interchange (from Bayoke).

[Bentown]

The road to Pattaya city

[blkarr0ws]

someone in thai forum live in chiang mai??

i think chiang mai has the best highway

many many many tunnels insted of using red lights

[Bentown]

Some Thailand highway and expressway from sky

[Bentown]

North East highway

Originally Posted by Gaia

Highway no.2 through korat countryside

(3+2) x2 lanes wide at KlangDong, Pakchong



at Khaoyai-PakChong Interchange


on elevated way of Khaoyai-PakChong Interchange

Photo Source: namsai from Thaitransport-photo.net

Originally Posted by Gaia

Scenes of Highway no.2 through korat sub-urban area


at PhaNom Wan area (aka Ban Pho, northeast area of the city)


Railway Overpass at PhaNom Wan


Bypass Interchange at PhaNom Wan

Photo Source: namsai from Thaitransport-photo.net

Originally Posted by Gaia

Scenes of Highway no.2 through korat sub-urban area



JoHo Overpass (Highway no. 205 Intersection)



U-turn Bridge between JoHo and inner Korat area

[mbuildings]

very nice highways !!

[Escher]

Wow! Very well developed network, and it's expanding!! Are the photos yours Chris??

[Skyprince]

Thailand highways are very attractive they are tourist attraction itself

Also the driving standard is pretty good , I had a good time driving on Thai highways ( with Thai forumer nazrey ) -highways reach all the way to the remotest parts of the country .

Thailand is still a lower middle income country on paper , but any tourist visiting Thailand for the first time wud be impressed by its First-world standard of infrastructure

[konthaimaitalorkan]

Highway No.1 "Phahonyothin"

"Highway to the north."

Length 891 km.
Bangkok(Victory Monument) - Chiang Rai(Mae sai,Thai-Myanmar border)
Bangkok > Phatumthani > **Ayudthaya >Angthong > Sing buri > Chainat > Uthaithani** > Nakhonsawan(Gateway to the Nothern part of Thailand) > Kamphaeng Phet > Tak > Lampang > Phayao > Chiang Rai

**From Ayudthaya to Uthaithani, We will use Hwy. No.32 instead.




This review will start from the end of Donmuang Elevated tollway(This tollway start from Dindaeng,near Victory Monument to Rangsit area in Phatumthaini.)

The Highway No.1 is below.




This interchange is the joint of
Highway No.9 (Bangkok Outer Ring Road East - West)
Highway No.1
Highway No.32 (We will use this highway in the section, Ayudthaya - Nakhon Sawan instead of Hwy. No.1)








We are now on hwy. No.32 .It has been expanded to 3+1 lanes (Left lane is for motorbike.)





Some section of this highway hasn't been expanded yet. (I took this photo in December 2007.)



Continue...




Before approaching Nakhon Sawan city, turn left to the Nakhonsawan By-pass road. (avoid drive through city centre.)




Then, back to Hwy. No.1 again. From this point,we'll use this highway untill the destination.




Hwy. No.1 has been expanded and developed to be divided highway for 5-6years.

[konthaimaitalorkan]

Up the hill
(I forgot to tell that from Kamphaengphet untill Chiangrai, each city will be far away from each other so, the driver have to make sure that the petrol in the tank is enough before leaving each city.)








Lampang City. Turn left for Chiang mai.
Hwy. No.11 is from Sing buri to Chiang mai,tourist city.
(Many drivers still use Hwy. No.11 instead of Hwy No.1 because the distance of driving is shorter, especially for truck drivers. But some of its sections still hasn't been expanded yet, so it was really dangerous for beginner driver.)




The city after Lampang is Phayao.

Phayao used to be a district of Chiangrai provience. Because of the size of the town and a very far distance from Chiangrai city, it has been upgraded to be a provience.

[konthaimaitalorkan]

Temporary bridge.






The Teak Forest.