Witthayu Road from above Witthayu Road ( th, ถนนวิทยุ, , ), commonly known in English as Wireless Road, is a road in

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, located almost entirely in

Lumphini Subdistrict Pathum Wan ( th, ปทุมวัน, ) is one of the Districts of Bangkok, fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts ...

Pathum Wan District Pathum Wan ( th, ปทุมวัน, ) is one of the fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when roya ...

. Witthayu Road originally linked

Phloen Chit Road Phloen Chit Road ( th, ถนนเพลินจิต, also spelled Ploenchit, ) is a major road in central Bangkok. Located entirely within in Lumphini Subdistrict of Pathum Wan District, it runs a short distance of between Ratchaprasong Int ...

Rama IV Road Rama IV Road ( th, ถนนพระรามที่ 4, ; usually shortened to , ) is a main road in Bangkok, Thailand. It starts at Mo Mi Junction in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown in Samphanthawong and Pom Prap Sattru Phai Districts and e ...

, running from what is now Phloen Chit Intersection to Witthayu Intersection, where it continues on as

Sathon Road Sathon Road ( th, ถนนสาทร, , ; also ''Sathorn'' or ''Satorn'') is a major road that passes through the districts of Bang Rak and Sathon in central Bangkok, Thailand. It is an important transportation link between Phra Nakhon and Tho ...

. It was extended from the Phloen Chit end to cross the Saen Saep Canal and meet

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in 1972, reaching a total distance of . Tree-lined and in parts divided into three carriageways, Witthayu Road is one of the greener streets passing through the city centre, as it runs along the length of

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, the leafy campuses of the

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, Dutch and

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Embassies, as well as

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, originally the home of the eponymous Chinese businessman who developed the area in the 1920s. Several other countries also have embassies on the road or within the office towers of

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. The road received its name (which literally means "radio") from the fact that it passed by Saladaeng Station, one of Thailand's earliest radio transmitter stations. The area of the station, on the corner of Witthayu and Rama IV Roads, later became the site of the

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(1961–2000), then the Suan Lum Night Bazaar (2001–2010). The area, which is served by Lumphini Station of the

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's Blue Line, is now set to be developed as TCC Group's mixed-use megaproject

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