Kunming–Bangkok Expressway (Via Laos)

Kunming-Bangkok Expressway is the first international expressway from China. It starts at Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan province in southwestern China, and ends at Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

Kunming Bangkok Expressway Map

The Kunming-Bangkok expressway is expected to double trade between China and Thailand but what about Laos? What Laos expect to get from this expressway, especially when the 4th Lao-Thai bridge due to open this year at the end of 2012.

Road R3A ~ Thailand - Laos - China

The expressway is approximately 1,900 km (1,200 mi) in length; about 730 km is in China and about 250 km is in Laos. It is jointly funded by China, Laos, Thailand and the Asian Development Bank.

Kunmming Bangkok Expressway

It stretches south from Kunming to Xiaomenyang (16 km from Jinghong) and crosses the Lao border at Mohan. It traverses through jungle and highlands in southern Yunnan and Laos before entering Thailand at Chiang Khong. It continues southward, mostly as Thailand Highway 1 (named Phahonyothin Road), until it reaches Bangkok. The Kunming-Bangkok expressway has been open to traffic since March 2008. Travel time between the two cities is now just 20 hours.

Kunming to Bangkok Video

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