Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
| Kunming–Bangkok Road | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 崑曼公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 昆曼公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Kunming–Bangkok Expressway | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 崑曼高速公路 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昆曼高速公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kūnmàn Gōnglù |
| Wade–Giles | K'unman Kunglu |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Kwun1 man4 gung1 lu4 |
| Jyutping | Gwan1 maan6 gung1 lou6 |
| Transcriptions | |
|---|---|
| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kūnmàn gāosùgōnglù |
| Wade–Giles | K'unman kaosukunglu |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Kwun1 man4 gau1 su4 gung1 lu4 |
| Jyutping | Gwan1 maan6 gou1 cuk1 gung1 lou6 |
Kunming–Bangkok Expressway is an international expressway running from Kunming, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, to Bangkok, Thailand via Laos It was opened in 2008.
The expressway is approximately 1,900 km (1,200 mi) in length; about 730 km (450 mi) is in Yunnan and about 250 km (160 mi) is in Laos. It is jointly funded by China, Laos, Thailand and the Asian Development Bank. It stretches south from Kunming to Xiaomenyang (16 km or 9.9 mi 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.
1Some distances on existing roads if expressway distances unavailable
Expressways also planned or under construction: Kunming to Mandalay (Burma) and Kunming to Hanoi (Vietnam).
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