Kunming–Bangkok Expressway
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Kunming–Bangkok Expressway is a proposed international expressway running from Kunming, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, to Bangkok, Thailand via Laos The first expressway sections were opened in 2008.[1]
The expressway will be approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in length when complete; about Script error: No such module "convert". was completed from Kunming via Xiaomenyang to Jinghong) and crossing the Lao border at Mohan, all in Yunnan, by 2017 [2] and the next Script error: No such module "convert". of the Highway, south of China within Laos follows Route 13 then Route 3.
It was jointly funded by China, Laos, Thailand and the Asian Development Bank.
It traverses jungle and highlands in southern Yunnan and Northern Laos before entering Thailand at Chiang Khong. It then continues southward, largely following Thai Route 1, which becomes an Expressway standard road near Bangkok but which is largely an at-grade dual carriageway along most of its length within Thailand. Within Laos, as of May 2019 the road is an undivided two lane highway.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:RJL
| Section | Length (km)1 | National Route |
Status and comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunnan, CN | |||
| Kunming – Yuxi | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | G8511 | 6-lane expressway completed (1999) |
| Yuxi – Yuanjiang | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | G8511 | 4-lane expressway completed (2000) |
| Yuanjiang – Mohei | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | G8511 | Expressway Completed (Dec 2003) |
| Mohei – Simao | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | G8511 | Expressway Completed (Apr 2011) |
| Simao – Xiaomenyang | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | G8511 | Expressway Completed (Apr 2006) |
| Xiaomenyang – Mohan/Boten | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | G8511 | Expressway Completed |
| LAO | |||
| Mohan/Boten (Yunnan) – Nateuy | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | Route 13 | Highway Completed |
| Nateuy – Luang Namtha – Ban Houayxay | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | Route 3 | Highway Completed |
| TH | |||
| Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge – Chiang Khong | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | 1356 | Divided highway |
| Chiang Khong – Chiang Rai | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | 1020 | Divided highway alt route 1174/1098/1173 under construction |
| Chiang Rai – Chai Nat | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | 1 | Divided highway (named Phahonyothin Road) |
| Chai Nat – Bang Pa-In | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | 32 | Divided highway |
| Bang Pa-In – Bangkok | (Script error: No such module "convert".) | 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). Expressway completed between Vang Vieng and Vientiane in 2020.[3]
See also
References
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External links
- UNESCAP - About the Asian Highway Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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