Kunming–Bangkok Expressway

Kunming–Bangkok Road
Traditional Chinese	崑曼公路
Simplified Chinese	昆曼公路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kūnmàn Gōnglù Wade–Giles K'unman Kunglu Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gwan1 maan6 gung1 lou6 Yale Romanization Kwun1 man4 gung1 lu4
Kunming–Bangkok Expressway
Traditional Chinese	崑曼高速公路
Simplified Chinese	昆曼高速公路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kūnmàn gāosùgōnglù Wade–Giles K'unman kaosukunglu Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gwan1 maan6 gou1 cuk1 gung1 lou6 Yale Romanization Kwun1 man4 gau1 su4 gung1 lu4

Kunming–Bangkok Expressway is an international expressway running from Kunming, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, to Bangkok, Thailand via Laos It was opened in 2008.^[1]

The expressway is approximately 1,900 km (1,200 mi) in length; about 730 km (450 mi) is in Yunnan and about 250 km (160 mi) is in Laos. It is jointly funded by China, Laos, Thailand and the Asian Development Bank. It stretches south from Kunming to Xiaomenyang (16 km or 9.9 mi from Jinghong) and crosses the Lao border at Mohan. It traverses through jungle and highlands in southern Yunnan and Laos before entering Thailand at Chiang Khong. It continues southward, mostly as Thailand Highway 1 (named Phahonyothin Road), until it reaches Bangkok.

Section	Length (km)^1	National Route	Status and comments
Yunnan, CN
Kunming – Yuxi	86	213	6-lane expressway completed (1999)
Yuxi – Yuanjiang	112	213	4-lane expressway completed (2000)
Yuanjiang – Mohei	147	213	Expressway Completed (Dec 2003)
Mohei – Simao	71	213	Expressway Completed (Apr 2011)
Simao – Xiaomenyang	97	213	Expressway Completed (Apr 2006)
Xiaomenyang – Mohan/Boten	217	213	Expressway Completed
LAO
Mohan/Boten (Yunnan) – Nateuy	20	Route 13	Expressway Completed
Nateuy – Luang Namtha	45	Route 13B	Expressway Completed
Luang Namtha – Ban Houayxay	197	Route 3	Ferry across Mekong, Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge finished on December 11, 2013 [2]
TH
Chiang Khong – Chiang Rai	113	1020	Planned, Alt route 1174/1098/1173
Chiang Rai – Chai Nat	562	1	Divided highway (named Phahonyothin Road)
Chai Nat – Bang Pa-In	194	32	Divided highway
Bang Pa-In – Bangkok	49	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).

See also

• Asian Highway Network AH1, AH2, AH3
• China National Highways
• Thai highway network
• Phahonyothin Road

References

1. http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20110125/102617.shtml
2. accessdate = 7 December 2013 "Trade boost expected from 4th Thai-Lao bridge publisher =bangkokpost" Check |url= value (help). 2012-12-12.

External links

• UNESCAP - About the Asian Highway Archived February 21, 2014 at the Wayback Machine