Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
Kunming-Bangkok Expressway is the People's Republic of China's first international expressway . It begins in Kunming , the capital of Yunnan Province in southwest China, and ends in Bangkok , the capital of Thailand .
General
The expressway is about 1,900 km long, of which 730 km in China, 260 km in Laos and 920 km in Thailand. It is jointly funded by China, Laos, Thailand and the Asian Development Bank and extends south from Kunming to Jinghong and crosses the border in Boten (Luang Namtha) . The expressway crosses the jungle and the highlands in northern Laos to the Mekong River to the Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge . It continues south in Thailand, mostly as Thanon Phahonyothin , to Bangkok . The Kunming-Bangkok Expressway is part of the Asian Highway Project AH3 to Chiang Rai in Thailand and AH2 and AH1 from Chiang Rai to Bangkok .
Route sections
China
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G213: Kunming - Yuxi - Yuanjiang (203 km) -
G213: Yuanjiang - Puer - Jinghong (352 km)
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G213: Jinghong - Mengla - Mohan (186 km)
- Border Laos
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Laos
- Frontier People's Republic of China
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: Boten (Luang Namtha) - Nateuy (20 km) - ท. 13B : Nateuy - Luang Namtha (45 km)
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: Luang Namtha - Ban Houayxay (197 km) - Border thailand
- Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge Hotels (0.48 km)
Thailand
- Border Laos
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Thai Highway 1020 : Alternative route 1174/1098/1173: Chiang Khong - Chiang Rai (113 km) -
Thanon Phahonyothin : Chiang Rai - Chai Nat (562 km) -
Thai Highway 32 : Chai Nat - Bang Pa-in (194 km) -
Thanon Phahonyothin / Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit : Bang Pa In - Bangkok (49 km)
See also
literature
- Ruth Banomyon (2007): Logistics Development Study of the Greater Mekong Subregion North South Economic Corridor
Web links
- Expressway to boost China-Thailand trade in 2011 (in English)
- Missing Links between countries (in Thai)