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 Yale Romanization Kwun1 man4 gung1 lu4 Jyutping Gwan1 maan6 gung1 lou6
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 Yale Romanization Kwun1 man4 gau1 su4 gung1 lu4 Jyutping Gwan1 maan6 gou1 cuk1 gung1 lou6

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.

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 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	G8511	6-lane expressway completed (1999)
Yuxi – Yuanjiang	112	G8511	4-lane expressway completed (2000)
Yuanjiang – Mohei	147	G8511	Expressway Completed (Dec 2003)
Mohei – Simao	71	G8511	Expressway Completed (Apr 2011)
Simao – Xiaomenyang	97	G8511	Expressway Completed (Apr 2006)
Xiaomenyang – Mohan/Boten	217	G8511	Expressway Completed
LAO
Mohan/Boten (Yunnan) – Nateuy	20	Route 13	Highway Completed
Nateuy – Luang Namtha	45	Route 13B	Highway Completed
Luang Namtha – Ban Houayxay	197	Route 3	Ferry across Mekong, Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge finished on December 11, 2013 Expressway under construction between Vang Vieng and Vientiane.
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

External links

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