Vibhavadi Rangsit Road
Vibhavadi Rangsit Road or Vibha ) or Highway 31, is a highway in Thailand. It is a divided highway in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand. Each side of the road is further divided into a main road and a frontage road for most of its length The road begins at the border between Phaya Thai and Din Daeng districts in Bangkok and crosses Chatuchak, Lak Si, and Don Mueang districts before merging with Phahonyothin Road at Khu Khot subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani Province. The Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway, better known as Don Mueang Tollway runs above the road.
History
Vibhavadi Rangsit Road was opened on 27 June 1966 as a fruition of the road development project by the Thai and United States government. Mittraphap Road is another road built in this project.It is named in honor of HRH Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit, 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 insurgents while trying to rescue injured Border Patrol police. Prior to the renaming, it was commonly known as "Superhighway Road".
The section between Chaeng Watthana Road and Don Mueang Airport is also part of the former local road Si Rap Suk Road
Route
The road starts at Tai Duan Din Daeng where the road becomes part of the border between Din Daeng district and Phaya Thai district in Bangkok. The road intersects Sutthisan Winitchai Road at Sutthisan Intersection, then crossing Khlong Bang Sue, then crossing into Chatuchak district where it intersects Phahonyothin Road and Lat Phrao Road at Lat Phrao Intersection. Then it intersects Ngamwongwan Road at Bang Khen Intersection. Then it intersects Chaeng Watthana Road. Then it cross into Don Mueang district where it pass by Don Mueang International Airport. Then it left Bangkok's boundary to terminate at National Memorial Intersection where it meets Phahonyothin Road in Khu Khot, Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani province. The road's total length is 23.510 km.Unlike most roads in Thailand, Vibhavadi Rangsit road has a different way to keep track of the kilometer marks as the mark at Anusorn Sathan Intersection is fixed to be 28+500 km. However as Vibhavadi Rangsit road is only 23.510 km in length. The other starting point of the road has the mark of 4+990 km instead of the expected 0 km.
Rapid transit
- Pink Line has a station near the road: Lak Si
- SRT Dark Red Line has 6 stations near the Road: Wat Samian Nari, Bang Khen, Thung Song Hong, Lak Si, Kan Kheha and Don Mueang.
- Sukhumvit Line has a station near the road: Ha Yaek Lat Phrao BTS station
- Blue Line has a station near the road: Phahon Yothin MRT station
- In the future, Orange Line will have a station underneath the road: Din Daeng MRT station. Construction of the station is currently taking place at Vibhavadi Rangsit forest park.