Phahonyothin Road

Thanon Phahonyothin ( Thai: ถนน พหลโยธิน, in English usage: Phahon Yothin highway ) is one of the most important streets of Bangkok and adjacent to the Thanon Mittraphap, Thanon Sukhumvit and Thanon Phetkasem one of the four major highways in Thailand.

Thanon Phahonyothin is one of the main streets of Bangkok before the " highway number one" ( in English: Highway No. 1. ) Is. In Thai language it is called only " Thanon Phahonyothin ", ie Phahonyothin Road. It belongs in parts on Asian Highway Network AH1 AH2 and as well as the Kunming -Bangkok Expressway.

History

The Phahonyothin Road was originally only 22 kilometers long, it led only to Bangkok's Don Mueang district. At that time she was still called Prachathipatai Street ( ถนน ประชาธิปไตย, Thanon Prachathipatai, literally " democracy - road "). In 1938, Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram let extend the road, so they went from Don Mueang via Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, Saraburi Province and Lopburi province to province Singburi with a total length of 162 kilometers. The extended road Phahonyothin Road ( Thanon Phahonyothin ) was then named in honor of General Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena ( Phot Phahonyothin ), the second Prime Minister of Thailand and one of the leaders of the Revolution of 1932.

Road

Thanon Phahonyothin begins in Bangkok's Ratchathewi district at the Victory Monument and connects the capital with northern Thailand. Will lead you through the districts Phaya Thai, Chatuchak, Bang Khen and Don Mueang in Bangkok before over the province of Pathum Thani provinces of Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Chainat, again Nakhon Sawan, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, Lampang, Phayao connects. It ends in the district of Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province. There is a border crossing to Tachilek in Myanmar. Overall, the expressway has a length of 1005 kilometers.

On some sections of the Phahonyothin Highway lost for long-distance connections in importance. For example, between Lopburi and Chainat. Here, the journey time between Bangkok and Northern Thailand Thailand was the six-lane Route 32, considerably shortened.

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