What’s causing the traffic here?

[KhunLA]

20 hours ago, vincent13 said:

Traffic congestion in Udon Thani gets worse every year. More vehicles but no new roads.

A major reason why we left after 16 ish years.   Rush hour & weekend gridlock was getting to be a bit too much.  No problem 1000-1400 hrs during the week and quite pleasant to pop into town for a munch.

 

Really does get old, very fast.  Scratch going down to the night markets near RR station any time, any day, after 1700 hrs.  Or anywhere for that matter.

[newnative]

On 3/27/2025 at 11:10 AM, Yagoda said:

Most of the Highways were built/paid for by the USA during the Vietnam war, they are getting a bit long in the tooth.,

Rubbish.

[Ralf001]

On 3/27/2025 at 11:10 AM, Yagoda said:

Most of the Highways were built/paid for by the USA during the Vietnam war, they are getting a bit long in the tooth.,

 

Which ones ?

 

Google is only giving one, Highway 304.

[Tomtomtom69]

On 3/28/2025 at 12:29 PM, Peterphuket said:

And as far as I can remember, they started widening it to a Highway around 1993-94.

 

I see. However, to this day, that highway remains the only north-south connection between upper Thailand and the south. If for some reason that highway is blocked there are no alternative secondary roads. I tried using secondary roads to travel along the coast between Thab Sakae and Prachuab Khiri Khan.

 

Didn't work; I ended up in a coconut Grove and then forced to head back to the Petchakasem highway.