khwaibah Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Construction on new underpass on Superhighway to begin in October Commuters are being warned that an underpass at the intersection of the Superhighway (Highway 11) and Highway 1001 to Mae Jo will begin in October. The underpass, at the Mae Jo intersection will be 800 meters in length, five meters high and will be two way. The Department of Highways will install drainage, lighting and electronic warning signs. There will be 6 lanes in the underpass and 6 frontage road lanes. Construction will take three years with a budget of 1,181 million baht. Additionally the Highway Department will extend the Pa Tan Bridge across the Ping River to four lanes. The government surveyed the project in 2009 and five public meetings were held on the project. http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/current/news.shtml 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WinnieTheKhwai Posted September 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Great! That means I'll save at least one to two minutes in getting to the half-hour queue-fest at Rincome/Nimman/Maya! Edited September 22, 2014 by WinnieTheKhwai 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhawk_usa Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Traffic has increased on the 1001 (Mae Jo) due to traffic avoiding the road work on the Outer Ring Road, 121, and the Mae Rim Rd. 107 junction. I believe this project is due to continue for approximately another year. Now, both the 1001 and the 107 will have major construction at the same time. Sounds like good planning as usual. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobin Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Seems close enough to the river to flood the viaduct, on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) ^ If you take a close look at any of the other underpasses then you will know why that is very unlikely. Edited September 24, 2014 by WinnieTheKhwai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreandre Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 ^ If you take a close look at any of the other underpasses then you will know why that is very unlikely. Exactly...huge pumping capacity built in to prevent such occurrences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 ^ Yes, and a raised area before going down. If you drive through one you go up first, then down. The 'up' is there for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Great. Let the cluster <deleted> begin. And let us see about the 3 year bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I like everything except the ugly 'bat' liked sign on the underpass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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