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Mahai Sawan Road

Bang Kho Laem districtRoad junctions in BangkokStreets in BangkokThon Buri district
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Mahai Sawan Road (Thai: ถนนมไหสวรรย์, RTGS: Thanon Mahai Sawan, pronounced [tʰā.nǒn mā.hǎj.sā.wǎn]) is a short road and intersection in Bangkok. It runs from Mahai Sawan intersection in Thon Buri District through Bukkhalo intersection and Krungthep Bridge across Chao Phraya River to Phra Nakhon side (east bank of the river) and ends at Thanon Tok, connecting Charoen Krung Road and Rama III Road in Bang Kho Laem District. It was named after the first governor of Thonburi province (now Thonburi), Mahai Sawan (พระยามไหสวรรย์) or Ko Sombatsiri (กอ สมบัติศิริ).Mahai Sawan intersection is four-way connecting Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin, Ratchadaphisek and Mahai Sawan roads beneath Rama III Bridge. Its original appearance was only three-way but, later on, Ratchadaphisek Road was expanded to become a four-lane like today. This intersection is considered one of the most traffic-congested routes of Bangkok. On September 30, 2016, a tunnel underpass was opened, fifteen years after the project was initially planned. The tunnel is 1,515 m (0.9 mi) long, the longest underpass in Bangkok, with four lanes. The total cost of the tunnel was about 969 million baht since the work begun in 2011.

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Mahai Sawan Road
Rama III Bridge, Bangkok Thon Buri District

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สะพานพระราม 3

Rama III Bridge
10600 Bangkok, Thon Buri District
Bangkok, Thailand
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Thanon Tok
Thanon Tok

Thanon Tok (Thai: ถนนตก, pronounced [tʰā.nǒn tòk]) is a road junction in the Bang Kho Laem Subdistrict, Bang Kho Laem District, Bangkok. It is a crossroad of Charoen Krung, Rama III and Mahaisawan Roads, with considered as the last intersection of Charoen Krung. The name "Thanon Tok" means "road to fall", because it's the end of Charoen Krung Road straight to south and ends at the Chao Phraya River. Hence colloquially referred to as "Thanon Tok" according its characteristics. Originally, it was a main port of Bangkok named "Thanon Tok Pier" before the establishment of Bangkok Port, also was a location of Bangkok Dock Company. Subsequently, when water transportation and water trading were reduced in importance and Bangkok Port moved to present Khlong Toei, it became a freight-only pier.Government facilities in the area include Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, a public hospital under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Yan Nawa office of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), where one of Bangkok's former trams is preserved as a tourist attraction. The Bang Kho Laem Line of the Bangkok trams terminated here at Thanon Tok.Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) bus line 1 is the only route that runs all the length of Charoen Krung from Thanon Tok to Tha Tian in Phra Nakhon District, the distance is 12 kilometers (about 7 mi).At the southern end of Charoen Krung Road from Trok Chan as far as Thanon Tok considered as a large community of Muslims. Thus making it the location of many mosques i.e. Masjid Darul Abideen, Masjid Al Bayaan, Masjid Bang Uthit, Masjid Assalafiyah etc. These Muslim ancestors all migrated from Java or Malay since the reign of King Rama I in the early Rattanakosin (18th century).