Suranarai Road ( th, ถนนสุรนารายณ์) or Thailand Route 205 is a road connecting
Lopburi Province with northeastern
Thailand
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. The road begins at
Ban Mi District, Lopburi Province and ends at
Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District
Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima ( th, เมืองนครราชสีมา, ) is one of 32 districts of Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand.
Overview
Nakhon Ratchasima was built in the reign of King Narai the Great of Ayutthay ...
,
Nakhon Ratchasima Province. It is a strategic inter-regional road, linking the Lopburi military base in central
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
to Nakhon Ratchasima. The road was built in 1943, during Prime Minister
Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram's tenure, but was not completed until 1951. Part of the road was built on abandoned railway track, with several railway bridges being converted into road bridges.
The districts and provinces along the road are
Amphoe Khok Samrong,
Amphoe Chai Badan, and
Amphoe Lam Sonthi of
Lopburi Province,
Amphoe Thep Sathit and
Amphoe Bamnet Narong of
Chaiyaphum Province
Chaiyaphum ( th, ชัยภูมิ, ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), located in central northeastern Thailand , also called Isan. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lopb ...
, and
Amphoe Phra Thong Kham and
Amphoe Non Thai of
Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
National highways in Thailand
Lopburi province
Chaiyaphum province
Nakhon Ratchasima province
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