Vibhavadi Rangsit Road

Vibhavadi Rangsit Road ( th, ถนนวิภาวดีรังสิต, ) or Highway 31, often informally called Vibhavadi Road (), is a

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. The road begins at Phaya Thai district in

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and crosses Chatuchak, Lak Si, and Don Mueang districts before merging with

Phahonyothin Road Phahonyothin Road ( th, ถนนพหลโยธิน, , ) or Highway 1 is a main road in Bangkok and one of the four primary highways in Thailand, which include Mittraphap Road (Highway 2), Sukhumvit Road (Highway 3), and Phet Kasem Road (H ...

(Highway 1) at Khu Khot subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani Province. Vibhavadi Rangsit Road is a superhighway through Bangkok with no

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s. It is a

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, with each side further divided into a main road and a

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. Major roads that Vibhavadi Rangsit Road intersects are

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(its point of origin), Sutthisan Road,

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, Phahonyothin Road, Ngamwongwan Road (Highway 302), and

Chaengwatthana Road Highway 304 is a national highway of Thailand, leading from the Bangkok suburb city of Pak Kret to Nakhon Ratchasima in the country's Northeast. It forms the main link between the eastern and northeastern regions, and is one of the major al ...

(Highway 304). Part of Vibhavadi Rangsit Road

It is named in honor of HRH Princess

Vibhavadi Rangsit Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit ( th, วิภาวดีรังสิต; ; 20 November 1920 – 16 February 1977), née Princess Vibhavadi Rajani ( th, วิภาวดี รัชนี; ) was a Thai writer and a member of the Thai royal f ...

(1920–1977), a well-known Thai novelist who dedicated the final decade of her life to developing rural Southern Thailand, and was killed in an attack by

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while trying to rescue injured Border Patrol police. Prior to the renaming of Highway No. 31 as Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, it was commonly known as "Superhighway Road" ( th, ถนนซูเปอร์ไฮเวย์, ''Thanon Superhighway''). The section between Chaeng Watthana Road and Don Mueang Airport is also part of the former local road

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, which runs from Lak Si Monument to the airport. Vibhavadi Rangsit Road between Din Daeng Intersection and

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forms the border between Din Daeng and Phaya Thai districts in Bangkok. The Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway, better known as

Don Mueang Tollway Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway or colloquial name Don Muang Tollway, or just Tollway, Don Muang Tollway Public Company Limited (the Company) is the provider of tollway transport service for the section of Din Daeng District - Anusornsathan as a c ...

runs high above the road and is a toll expressway in Bangkok. {{Road infrastructure in Thailand National highways in Thailand Streets in Bangkok