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Phahonyothin Road

Coordinates: 13°50′51″N 100°34′48″E / 13.8474°N 100.5800°E

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National Highway 1
ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 1
ถนนพหลโยธิน Thanon Phahonyothin

Route information

Part of AH1 AH2 AH12

Length	1,005 km (624 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Bangkok, Victory Monument
North end	Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai, border to Myanmar

Location
Country	Thailand
Provinces	Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Chainat, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, Lampang, Phayao

Highway system
Highways in Thailand Motorways Asian Highways

Phahonyothin Road (Template:Lang-th, Thanon Phahonyothin) or Thailand Route 1 is a major road in Bangkok and one of the four major highways in Thailand, which include Mittraphap Road (Route 2), Sukhumvit Road (Route 3), and Phetkasem Road (Route 4). It begins at Victory Monument in Bangkok and runs north to the Burmese border, with a total length of 1,005 km (624 mi).

History

Mae Sai Pass

Phahonyothin Road was originally called Prachathipatai Road (Template:Lang-th, Thanon Prachathipatai, literally "Democracy Road"), and reached just 22 km (14 mi) to Don Mueang. In 1938, Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram had the road extended from Don Mueang, through Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lopburi, and Singburi, making it 162 km (101 mi) long. The newly lengthened road was renamed Phahonyothin Road, in honor of General Phraya Phahol Pholphayuhasena (formerly Phot Phahonyothin), the second Prime Minister of Thailand and one of the heads of the 1932 revolution.^[1]

Route

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|} In Bangkok, Phahonyothin Road originates in Ratchathewi district and crosses Phaya Thai, Chatuchak, Bang Khen, and Don Mueang districts before continuing into Pathum Thani Province, and on through Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Chainat, again through Nakhon Sawan, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, Lampang, Phayao and finally Chiang Rai, ending in Mae Sai district, where it connects to Tachileik in Myanmar.

See also

Thai highway network
Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
Bangkok/Phahonyothin travel guide from Wikivoyage

Further reading

Thomas fuller, "In Isolated Hills of Asia, New Roads to Speed Trade", New York Times, March 31, 2008

References

^ อรณี แน่นหนา, 2002. นามนี้มีที่มา. ประพันธ์สาส์น: กรุงเทพฯ.
Orani Naenna, 2002. Naam Ni Mi Thi Ma. Praphansarn: Bangkok. (Brief histories of 129 place names in Bangkok.)

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13°50′51″N 100°34′48″E / 13.8474°N 100.5800°E / 13.8474; 100.5800

Road infrastructure in Thailand

Controlled-access
highways

Expressway	Chaloem Maha Nakhon Si Rat Chalong Rat Burapha Withi Udon Ratthaya Prachim Ratthaya S1 Kanchanaphisek
Motorway	6 7 8 9 81 82
Elevated tollway	Uttaraphimuk

Northern	1 11 12 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131
Northeastern	2 21 22 23 24 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 288 290 291 292 293 294 295 299
Central	3 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 344 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 369 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 374 375 376 377
Southern	4 41 42 43 44 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 425

Italics indicate routes under construction.
Bold text indicate routes is no longer exists

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