Bang Na Expressway

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Bang Na Expressway
Legend
km.0 Bang Na Intersection
(Connection with Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway)
km.2.5 Bang Na km.2 Entry/Exit
km.4 Wat Si Iam Junction
km.6 Bang Na km.6 Toll Plaza
km.7 Bang Kaeo Entry/Exit
km.9 Wat Salut Intersection / Kanchanaphisek Road Entry/Exit
km.11 Bang Phli 1 Entry/Exit
km.12 King Kaeo Intersection
km.13 Bang Phli 2 Entry/Exit
km.15 Suvarnabhumi Airport Entry/Exit
km.18 Mueang Mai Bang Phli Entry/Exit
km.25 Bang Sao Thong Entry/Exit
km.28 Bang Bo Entry/Exit
km.34 Bang Phli Noi Entry/Exit
km.39 Bang Samak Entry/Exit
km.42 Bang Wua Entry/Exit
km.45 Bang Pakong 1 Entry/Exit
km.46 Klong Om Junction
km.48 Bang Pakong 2 Entry/Exit
km.50 Bang Pakong River
km.54 Chonburi Toll Plaza
km.54 Chonburi Entry/Exit

The Bang Na Expressway (full name: Bang Na - Bang Phli - Bang Pakong Expressway), officially Burapha Withi Expressway (Thai: ทางพิเศษบูรพาวิถี), is a 55-kilometer-long (34 mi)[1] six-lane elevated highway in Thailand. It is a toll road and runs above National Highway route 34, (Bang Na–Trat Highway) owned by the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT). The bridge was the achievement of Sukavich Rangsitpol deputy prime minister of Chuan Leekpai Cabinet (1992-1995). The Bang Na Expressway was designed by the late Louis Berger.[2]

History[]

The Bang Na Expressway was conceived by the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (ETA). The structure was built using a design-build contracting method. The columns and superstructure were designed by Jean M. Muller (U.S.) and the alignment and foundations were designed by Asian Engineering Consultants (Thailand). The owner's engineer was Louis Berger Group (U.S.) and the project was built by a joint venture of Bilfinger & Berger (Germany) and Ch. Karnchang (Thailand). It took 1,800,000 cubic meters of concrete to build the bridge. The bridge was completed in January 2000.[3]

Records[]

The Bang Na Expressway is one of the longest bridges in the world.

The world's longest car bridge, the Bang Na Expressway, held the title of the world's longest bridge from 2000 until 2008. Today, it is the 7th longest bridge in the world.

Structural description[]

The highway is elevated onto a viaduct that has an average span length of 42 metres (138 ft). It is a 27-metre-wide (89 ft) box girder bridge.

There are two toll plazas on the elevated structure where the structure must widen to accommodate twelve lanes. The toll system is done by Kapsch TrafficCom AB (Sweden).[4]

See also[]

  • List of bridges by length
  • List of bridge megaprojects
  • Expressway

References[]

  1. ^ Brockmann, Christian; Horst Rogenhofer (January–February 2000). "Bang Na Expressway, Bangkok, Thailand—World's Longest Bridge and Largest Precasting Operation" (PDF). PCI Journal. 45 (1): 26–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2019-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Christian Brockmann; Horst Rogenhofer (January–February 2000). "Bang Na Expressway, Bangkok, Thailand — World's Longest Bridge and Largest Precasting Operation" (PDF). PCI Journal: 26–38.
  4. ^ Kapsch TrafficCom AB equips world longest bridge

External links[]

Records
Preceded by World's longest bridge
2000 – 2004 		Succeeded by
Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct
World's longest car bridge
2000– present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

Coordinates: 13°39′40″N 100°39′50″E / 13.66111°N 100.66389°E / 13.66111; 100.66389

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