Road That Connects Suthep Road At The Nimmanhaemin Junction To The Airport And Shopping Mall.

[hc02sa]

I have been struggling to find more information regarding the back road that connects Suthep Road at the Nimmanhaemin junction to the Airport and Shopping Mall.

There is a security checkpoint at either end and i've been down there a couple of times when there was no guard, not knowing that you need some special sticker to pass the checkpoint. On the one time I was stopped, they said I can apply and pay a fee for a sticker that lets you use the road but I haven't been able to find any further information on this.

The road is highly convenient for getting from Nimmanhaemin to the Shopping Plaza as it avoids the busy Suthep and Moat roads and also several u-turns.

Does anyone have any further information this, where to go, the process involved to get a sticker to use the road and how much it costs?

Thanks

[uptheos]

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/412550-wing-41/page__p__3998077__hl__wing+41__fromsearch__1#entry3998077

[hc02sa]

Thanks, I didn't know it was called the Wing 41 road.

I take it the office is on the airport side and foreign/international license is fine?

[mcgriffith]

No, the administrative office is a 1 story green building about 100 meters south of the Suthep Road entrance (the north entrance) on the left (east side of road).

Registration opens 1 November, stickers are mailed Jan/Feb (depending where you are in the queue) and validity runs from March to March (don't ask me why).

I don't know about the foreign/international driver license- perhaps someone has an answer?

You need the registration book for your vehicle, license, if farang copy of passport facepage (I include a copy of my current visa extension as well- not sure if required) and of course fill out the application form.

Costs 65 B per vehicle.

[realthaideal]

Darn ! I could swear I'd heard there was an app period 2x per year, one of them being in August.... oh well. I'll wait, I guess. Thanks for the thorough info McG.

[Yelly]

And here we had no idea you needed a sticker at all...having never been stopped

[realthaideal]

When you really need to get thru and you plan on skating on by, and they stop you and you haven't allotted time, it's a right bummer !

[Maejo Man]

As far as I can remember, a Thai licence is required with an address because of the sensitive nature of the area, also the vehicle registration book has to be in your name, and match the details of your licence.

[anselpixel]

I was amazed to be stopped and turned back while riding a bicycle last week. That struck me as a bit over the top, but what can you do?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I was amazed to be stopped and turned back while riding a bicycle last week. That struck me as a bit over the top, but what can you do?

It's not a public road, it's an airforce base. How welcome are you at airforce bases in any other country?

For a car (and maybe a motorcycle?) you can get the authorization tag, then you can use the road.

[infernalman7]

I was amazed to be stopped and turned back while riding a bicycle last week. That struck me as a bit over the top, but what can you do?

That's good. It means they do their duty well.

[el jefe]

You don't need a Thai driver's license, but you do need all the other documents mentioned above.

As for getting through on a bicycle, my wife did that a couple of times. But she hasn't tried recently since she's been turned back too and she says it's not worth trying unless she's guaranteed to get thru.

You can get a sticker for a motorcycle as easily as for a car, but they won't give you one for a bicycle because you have no registration papers.

Edited October 2, 2011 by el jefe