Kunming–Bangkok Expressway
| Kunming–Bangkok Road | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 崑曼公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 昆曼公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Kunming–Bangkok Expressway | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 崑曼高速公路 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昆曼高速公路 | ||||||||||||||
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Kunming–Bangkok Expressway is an international expressway running from Kunming, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, to Bangkok, Thailand via Laos It was opened in 2008.[1]
The expressway is approximately 1,900 km (1,200 mi) in length; about 730 km (450 mi) is in Yunnan and about 250 km (160 mi) is in Laos. It is jointly funded by China, Laos, Thailand and the Asian Development Bank. It stretches south from Kunming to Xiaomenyang (16 km or 9.9 mi from Jinghong) and crosses the Lao border at Mohan. It traverses through jungle and highlands in southern Yunnan and Laos before entering Thailand at Chiang Khong. It continues southward, mostly as Thailand Highway 1 (named Phahonyothin Road), until it reaches Bangkok.
| Section | Length (km)1 | National Route |
Status and comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunnan, CN | |||
| Kunming – Yuxi | 86 | 213 | 6-lane expressway completed (1999) |
| Yuxi – Yuanjiang | 112 | 213 | 4-lane expressway completed (2000) |
| Yuanjiang – Mohei | 147 | 213 | Expressway Completed (Dec 2003) |
| Mohei – Simao | 71 | 213 | Expressway Completed (Apr 2011) |
| Simao – Xiaomenyang | 97 | 213 | Expressway Completed (Apr 2006) |
| Xiaomenyang – Mohan/Boten | 217 | 213 | Expressway Completed |
| LAO | |||
| Mohan/Boten (Yunnan) – Nateuy | 20 | Route 13 | Expressway Completed |
| Nateuy – Luang Namtha | 45 | Route 13B | Expressway Completed |
| Luang Namtha – Ban Houayxay | 197 | Route 3 | Ferry across Mekong, Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge finished on December 11, 2013 [2] |
| TH | |||
| Chiang Khong – Chiang Rai | 113 | 1020 | Planned, Alt route 1174/1098/1173 |
| Chiang Rai – Chai Nat | 562 | 1 | Divided highway (named Phahonyothin Road) |
| Chai Nat – Bang Pa-In | 194 | 32 | Divided highway |
| Bang Pa-In – Bangkok | 49 | 1/31 | Divided highway (named Phahonyothin Road & Vibhavadi Rangsit Road) |
1Some distances on existing roads if expressway distances unavailable
Expressways also planned or under construction: Kunming to Mandalay (Burma) and Kunming to Hanoi (Vietnam).
See also
References
- ↑ http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20110125/102617.shtml
- ↑ "Trade boost expected from 4th Thai-Lao bridge". bangkokpost. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
External links
- UNESCAP - About the Asian Highway Archived February 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.