| Kunming–Bangkok Road | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 昆曼公路 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昆曼公路 | ||||||||
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| Kunming–Bangkok Expressway | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昆曼高速公路 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昆曼高速公路 | ||||||||
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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 1,900 km (1,200 mi) in length when complete; about 730 km (450 mi) was completed from Kunming via Xiaomenyang to Jinghong) and crossing the Lao border at Mohan, all in Yunnan, by 2017 [2] and the next 250 km (160 mi) 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
The entire road is a non Expressway standard undivided 2 lane highway within Laos as of May 2019.
| Section | Length (km)1 | National Route |
Status and comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunnan, CN | |||
| Kunming – Yuxi | (86 km (53 mi)) | G8511 | 6-lane expressway completed (1999) |
| Yuxi – Yuanjiang | (112 km (70 mi)) | G8511 | 4-lane expressway completed (2000) |
| Yuanjiang – Mohei | (147 km (91 mi)) | G8511 | Expressway Completed (Dec 2003) |
| Mohei – Simao | (71 km (44 mi)) | G8511 | Expressway Completed (Apr 2011) |
| Simao – Xiaomenyang | (97 km (60 mi)) | G8511 | Expressway Completed (Apr 2006) |
| Xiaomenyang – Mohan/Boten | (217 km (135 mi)) | G8511 | Expressway Completed |
| LAO | |||
| Mohan/Boten (Yunnan) – Nateuy | (20 km (12 mi)) | Route 13 | Highway Completed |
| Nateuy – Luang Namtha – Ban Houayxay | (242 km (150 mi)) | Route 3 | Highway Completed |
| TH | |||
| Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge – Chiang Khong | (18 km (11 mi)) | 1356 | Divided highway |
| Chiang Khong – Chiang Rai | (113 km (70 mi)) | 1020 | Divided highway alt route 1174/1098/1173 under construction |
| Chiang Rai – Chai Nat | (562 km (349 mi)) | 1 | Divided highway (named Phahonyothin Road) |
| Chai Nat – Bang Pa-In | (194 km (121 mi)) | 32 | Divided highway |
| Bang Pa-In – Bangkok | (49 km (30 mi)) | 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
- ↑ "Backgrounder: Kunming-Bangkok Expressway links China and ASEAN countries CCTV News - CNTV English". Archived from the original on 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ↑ "Chinese section of Kunming-Bangkok Highway completed". 13 October 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ "Vientiane to Vangvieng section of China-Laos expressway under construction - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on August 25, 2019.
External links
- UNESCAP - About the Asian Highway Archived February 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine