Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit

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"Highway 31"
Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit in Bangkok

Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit ( Thai : ถนน วิภาวดีรังสิต , in English usage: Vibhavadi Rangsit Road) also Thailand Route 31, often short: Vibhavadi Road ( ถนน วิภาวดี ), is an expressway in Thailand . The main road is an important north-south link, connecting Don Mueang Airport with downtown Bangkok .

Naming

The street was named after Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit (* 1920, † 1977), who was a famous Thai novelist. She devoted the last few years of her life to developing rural areas in southern Thailand . She was murdered in an attack by communist insurgents while she was trying to assist injured border police . Before Highway 31 was renamed Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit, it was commonly known as "Superhighway Road" ( ถนน ซู เปอร์ ไฮ เว ย์ , Thanon Superhighway ).

Course of the road

Thai Airways headquarters on Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit

The road starts in District Phaya Thai in Bangkok and runs through the districts Chatuchak , Lak Si and Don Mueang before in Tambon Khu Khot district Lam Luk Ka the province of Pathum Thani in the Thanon Phahonyothin flows (Thailand Route 1).

Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit is a so-called superhighway that runs through Bangkok without any traffic lights . It is also a so-called Divided Highway , where the two directional lanes are separated by a wide strip of green. In Bangkok, a so-called located in many places in parallel on each side slip road (ger .: Frontage Road ).

Major roads that cross the Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit are Thanon Din Daeng ("Din Daeng Street"), Thanon Sutthisan ("Sutthisan Street"), Thanon Lat Phrao ("Lat Phrao Street"), Thanon Phahonyothin , Thanon Ngamwongwan ("Ngamwongwan Road", Route 302) and Thanon Chaeng Watthana ("Chaeng Watthana Road", Route 304).

The section between Thanon Chaeng Watthana and Don Mueang Airport is also part of the former local road Thanon Si Rap Suk , which led from the Lak-Si monument to the airport.

Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit between the intersection of Din Daeng and Khlong Bang Sue runs exactly along the border between the two districts of Bangkok, Din Daeng and Phaya Thai .

A toll city ​​motorway , the Don Mueang Tollway , or Uttaraphimuk, runs as an elevated road above the Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit .

Two of the largest companies in Thailand, the oil company PTT and the airline Thai Airways International , have their headquarters on Thanon Vibhavadi Rangsit .

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