Bang Na Expressway

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The Bang Na Expressway ( complete: Bang Na - Bang Pli - Bang Pakong Expressway ), officially Burapha Withi Expressway ( Thai: ทางพิเศษ บูรพา วิถี ), is a 55 km long six-lane elevated highway (motorway) in Bangkok, Thailand. The building, in static terms a girder bridge and was completed in March 2000 and has long been regarded as the longest bridge in the world.

The Bang Na Expressway is known as the "Thailand Route 34 " toll road and part of the Bang Na - Trat Highway. It begins in Bang Na district in South-East Bangkok, past the international airport Suvarnabhumi (distance in a straight line 2.5 km road distance 18 km) and continues in a southeasterly direction to the province of Chonburi.

Construction and maintenance

The high street has been in five years ( 1995-2000 ) of the " Joint Venture BBCD " built, which consisted of the German construction company Bilfinger Berger and the Thai Ch Karn Chang. The total cost amounted to more than 1 billion U.S. dollars. The prestressed precast concrete elements have a wingspan of 44 meters and a width of 27.2 meters per box. The road has a total area of ​​1.9 million square meters.

The person responsible for the upkeep of the building authority is the Expressway Authority of Thailand ( EXAT ). The new electronic toll system was developed by the consortium " FKS Joint Venture" ( Kapsch TrafficCom AB, Fatima Group and. Smart Traffic Co Ltd ) and executed in early 2010. The costs amounted to about seven million euros.