Phahon Yothin highway

Thailand road routebox
code=
road= 1
length-km= 1,005 km
direction= South - North
start= Bangkok
destinations= Pathum Thani
Ayutthaya, Saraburi
Lopburi
Nakhon Sawan
Chainat
Kamphaeng Phet
Tak
Lampang
Phayao
end= Mae Sai district
construction-date=
completion-date=
junctions=
Asian Highway Network= AHN-AH|2

Phahon Yothin highway (Thailand highway route TNR|1, Thai: ถนนพหลโยธิน, also Phahon Yothin Rd) begins at Victory Monument in Bangkok heading towards northern Thailand. It is also a major urban surface road in Bangkok before becoming a "highway", in fact, the Thai name is simply "Phahon Yothin Road".

When it is out of Bangkok, the provinces along the road are Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Chainat, again Nakhon Sawan, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, Lampang, Phayao and ends in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai Province. There it is linked to Tachileik in Myanmar. Altogether the highway has a length of 1,005 km.

The road is named in honor of General Phraya Phahol Pholphayuhasena (Phot Phahonyothin), the second Prime Minister of Thailand and one of the heads of the 1932 revolution.

ee also

Thai highway networkคลองถนน

Further reading

* Thomas fuller, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/world/asia/31laos.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "In Isolated Hills of Asia, New Roads to Speed Trade"] , "New York Times", March 31, 2008