GWR
23-03-08, 09:22 PM
Maps seem to indicate this highway links to Boten in Luang Namtha Province. It is currently about 260 Kms. by road from Boten - through Luang Namtha itself - to the likely bridge crossing into Thailand at Chiang Saen:
China's section of Kunming-Bangkok highway completed
22/03/2008 -- 9:24 PM
Hong Kong (VNA) - The Chinese stretch of a trans-national highway linking Kunming city in the southwest Yunnan province with the Thai capital of Bangkok was completed on March 21.
The 688-kilometre Chinese section starts in Kunming and stops at Mohan, an important trade port on the border between China and Laos.
The opening of the Chinese section will reduce the travel time from Kunming to Bangkok by half, to about 20 hours.
Experts estimate the full opening of the 1,800-kilometre-highway will realise cargo transport worth 400 billion USD each year.
As key part of Asian road network, the project is an important infrastructural facility for construction of the China-ASEAN free trade zone and the Lancang-Mekong River sub-regional economic cooperation. –Enditem
http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/241574/Default.aspx
Post on progress of stretches of this highway in Laos and Thailand:
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=19443&postcount=12
Planning progress on the Chiang Khong Bridge, which will cross the Mekong from Thailand to Houaysai in Laos:
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=15399&postcount=58
China's section of Kunming-Bangkok highway completed
22/03/2008 -- 9:24 PM
Hong Kong (VNA) - The Chinese stretch of a trans-national highway linking Kunming city in the southwest Yunnan province with the Thai capital of Bangkok was completed on March 21.
The 688-kilometre Chinese section starts in Kunming and stops at Mohan, an important trade port on the border between China and Laos.
The opening of the Chinese section will reduce the travel time from Kunming to Bangkok by half, to about 20 hours.
Experts estimate the full opening of the 1,800-kilometre-highway will realise cargo transport worth 400 billion USD each year.
As key part of Asian road network, the project is an important infrastructural facility for construction of the China-ASEAN free trade zone and the Lancang-Mekong River sub-regional economic cooperation. –Enditem
http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/241574/Default.aspx
Post on progress of stretches of this highway in Laos and Thailand:
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=19443&postcount=12
Planning progress on the Chiang Khong Bridge, which will cross the Mekong from Thailand to Houaysai in Laos:
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=15399&postcount=58